Numismatic Museum of Athens

Numismatic Museum, Athens
Iliou Melathron, the former house of Heinrich Schliemann
Numismatic Museum of Athens is located in Athens
Numismatic Museum of Athens
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LocationPanepistimiou Street, Athens, Greece
Coordinates37°58′40.08″N 23°44′7.44″E / 37.9778000°N 23.7354000°E / 37.9778000; 23.7354000
TypeNumismatic museum
DirectorDr. Georgios Kakavas
Public transit accessAthens Metro Athens Metro Line 2Athens Metro Line 3 Syntagma station
Athens Metro Athens Metro Line 2 Panepistimio station
Websitewww.nummus.gr

The Numismatic Museum of Athens (Greek: Νομισματικό Μουσείο Αθηνών) is one of the most important museums in Greece and it houses a collection of over 500,000 coins, medals, gems, weights, stamps and related artefacts from 1400BC to modern times.[1] The collection constitutes one of the richest in the world, paralleled by those of the British Museum in London, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Bode Museum in Berlin, and the American Numismatic Society in New York.[1] The museum itself is housed in the mansion of the archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, formally known as Iliou Melathron (Greek: Ιλίου Μέλαθρον, "Palace of Ilion").[1]

  1. ^ a b c "The Numismatic Museum In Athens". Greek City Times. Retrieved 2021-07-27.