The Perry Collection is enormously varied, featuring coins from the Ancient Greek and Roman periods to those of the modern world. Those on display here represent the highlights of the Fitzwilliam's portion of the collection, featuring a selection of Greek, Roman, medieval, Islamic and World coins. The final two coins illustrate the techniques and expertise of Perry as a collector.
(Ancient Greek bronze coin from Ikesankom Konbouto, 100 BC)
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(Ancient Greek silver coin from Histiaea, 196-146 BC)
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(Ancient Greek bronze coin from Carthage, 340-320 BC)
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(Ancient Greek silver coin from Sicyon, 400-300 BC)
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(Ancient Greek silver coin from Syracuse, 485-465 BC)
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(Roman copper alloy sestertius of Gordian III, 240)
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(Roman billon antoninianus of Maximian, from Carthage, 303)
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(Roman billon antoninianus of Maximian, from Rome, 297-8)
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(Roman bronze follis of Fausta, 326-7)
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(Roman bronze as in the name of the deified Emperor Augustus, 22-30)
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(Roman bronze tetradrachm from Egypt, in the name of Nero, 64-5)
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(Roman bronze coin from Egypt, in the name of Probus, 280-1)
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(Medieval billon diner of Alfons VI as King of Majorca, from Minorca, 1416-58)
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(Byzantine 20 nummi copper coin of Heraclius, 622-3)
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(Byzantine copper follis of Theophilus, 830-42)
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(Byzantine copper follis of Constantine V, 751-75)
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(Medieval copper trifollaro of Roger I (1071-1101) of Naples and Sicily, from Mileto, c.1098-1101)
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(Ottoman silver onluk of Selim III, from Istanbul, 1795-6)
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(Ottoman silver qirsh of Mahmud II, from Istanbul, 1823-9)
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(Moroccan copper fals, 1664-1894)
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(Silver dirham of al-Mahdi Muhammad I of Málaga, 1050-1)
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(Ottoman gold ½ altin of Mahmud II, from Istanbul, 1808-39)
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(Portugese silver 400 reis coin of João VI, from Lisbon, 1807)
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(Silver doppio giulio of Pope Benedict XIV, 1755)
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(Russian copper 10 kopek coin, 1830-9)
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(Silver 25 centimes piece of Haiti, 1827)
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