Ancient Coin Collection
Ancient Coins are like time capsules, transporting us through time and space. Thousands of years old, these miniature masterpieces tell us stories about the past. Rediscovered centuries or millennia later, they have a second life, as part of the great public and private collections, frequently travelling the globe. ACC (Ancient Coin Collection) provides a window into these worlds.
Episodes
10 episodes
Travels with the Naxos Masterpiece - Bonus Episode: Questions & Answers
Bonus Episode: Questions & Answers Join Annabel Schooling and Dr Tim Wright on this special bonus episode as they answer questions from subscribers, friends, and family. Tune in—you might just hear your own question answe...
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33:37
Travels with the Naxos Masterpiece - Episode 5: Crime
Episode 5: Crime delves into the darker side of numismatics, examining the crimes that have been committed in association with ancient antiquities, with a particular focus on the Naxos Tetradrachm.This concluding episode explores ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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28:19
Travels with the Naxos Masterpiece - Episode 4: Economics
Episode 4: Economics traces the remarkable financial journey of the Naxos Tetradrachm, using it as a lens to examine how the market for ancient coins has evolved over the past two centuries.From its first recorded auction in ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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27:25
Travels with the Naxos Masterpiece - Episode 3: Provenance, Part 3 (Women Collectors)
Episode 3: Provenance traces the remarkable afterlife of the Naxos Tetradrachm by following the collectors who owned it over the past 250 years.Part 3 redresses the balance of this traditionally male-dominated pursuit by highlight...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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14:53
Travels with the Naxos Masterpiece - Episode 3: Provenance, Part 2 (Gentleman's Past-Time)
Episode 3: Provenance traces the remarkable afterlife of the Naxos Tetradrachm by following the collectors who owned it over the past 250 years.Part 2 moves into the nineteenth century, when coin collecting spread beyond courtly c...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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23:56
Travels with the Naxos Masterpiece - Episode 3: Provenance, Part 1 (Hobby of Kings)
Episode 3: Provenance traces the remarkable afterlife of the Naxos Tetradrachm by following the collectors who owned it over the past 250 years.In Part 1, we go back to the origins of coin collecting as the so-called “Hobby of Kin...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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23:37
Travels with the Naxos Masterpiece - Trailer
In our first season, Annabel Schooling interviews Dr Tim Wright about his book Travels with the Naxos Masterpiece, published by Spink in 2025. We learn that this is an 'object biography', telling a big story through a small objec...
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0:45
Travels with the Naxos Masterpiece - Episode 2: History
The second episode examines the famous Naxos coin from an historic perspective. By exploring the story of Naxos, from its foundation in the eighth century BC to its destruction at the end of the fifth century BC, Tim seeks to provide an histori...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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32:47
Travels with the Naxos Masterpiece - Episode 1: Art, Part 2
The first episode, in two parts, examines the famous Naxos coin from an artistic perspective. By exploring the coin's subjects, style, composition and engraver, Tim starts to answer the question why some consider it a numismatic masterpiece. As...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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19:50
Travels with the Naxos Masterpiece - Episode 1: Art, Part 1
The first episode, in two parts, examines the famous Naxos coin from an artistic perspective. By exploring the coin's subjects, style, composition and engraver, Tim starts to answer the question why some consider it a numismatic masterpiece. As...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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