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Coin Collection, Trier University - Professur für Alte Geschichte II

In 2017 Karl-Heinz Zimmer, a water engineer based in Trier, donated his collection of ancient coins to Trier University. This collection, which is now kept with the departement of Ancient History, consists of a total of 515 coins. It was built over several decades and in cooperation with local cultural heritage authorities. The collection does have a local focus, as most of the coins had been struck in the Roman mint of ancient Trier and/or were found in Trier proper, respectively. Many coins hence do have a known findspot; remarkable e.g. are many coins found at the Roman bridge in Trier (Moselbrücke) or those deposited at the Trierweiler temple. The collections thus does not only provide an imporatent teaching tool during University courses, but does represent scientific value in its own right.

Project management and Editorial: Frank Daubner
Programming: Jürgen Freundel, Ilmenau

Academic Staff: Christiane Braun with the help of Sophie Kröner

With collaboration of Julian Heinz, Julian Kaltwasser, Sophie Kröner.

Photography: Frank Daubner, Sophie Kröner (see each object entry's print view for details).
Layout: Goldland Media
Maps: Goldland Media, Dr. Jürgen Freundel

This project is in cooperation with the Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin: Coin database and online catalogue based on https://ikmk.smb.museum with shared data administration for the NUMiD-network and the semantic web.