The CCCRH collection is largely comprised of coins, medals, medallions and tokens, but we also have a large number of manuscripts and other items, including icons, figurines and weapons. We welcome opportunities to make items from our collection available to churches, schools, mosques and other community groups.
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Ancient Egypt @ CCCRH
The Centre for Coins, Culture & Religious History (CCCRH), located on the campus of St Francis Theological College in Brisbane, holds one of the more accessible and educationally rich collections of ancient Egyptian artefacts in Queensland. With approximately one-third of its 3,500+ items drawn from the ancient world, the Egyptian holdings span a wide range…
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Canterbury pilgrim ampulla
As we prepare for the enthronement of Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, this seems a timely moment to highlight this precious object from the CCCRH collection. Pewter ampulla with golden patina. 45 mm high. OBV: Knight strikes Thomas Becket with sword. Cathedral cloisters behind. REV: The resurrected Thomas appears above a cross…
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Albert Schweitzer, 1875–1965
The Foundation has a significant set of materials related to Albert Schweitzer, the remarkable polymath who walked away from several European career options and dedicated his life to working as a medical doctor in Africa from 1913 until his death in 1965. Our collection of Schweitzer materials includes coins and medals, postcards and postage stamps,…
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CCCRH @ IMA
The Foundation is delighted to lend several items from our Islamic collection for a new Islamic Faith gallery at the Islamic Museum of Australia. IMA is a not-for profit foundation founded in May 2010 with the purpose of establishing the first Islamic Museum in Australia. It is the first centre of its kind in Australia…
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CCCRH @ ΝΟΣΤΟΙ
ΝΟΣΤΟΙ | Homecomings: Stories of the Ionian Island Diaspora in Queensland CCCRH was pleased to assist with this exhibition at the RD Milns Antiquities Museum at UQ. We have three coins on loan to the museum for this exhibition. More information about the ΝΟΣΤΟΙ Exhibition … View the CCCRH items in this exhibition …
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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Recently I had an opportunity to examine closely a 16C letter from Charles V to his governor in Milan (and sometime ambassador to Henry VIII in London). The document had been in the collection for some time, and was simply listed as a signature of Emperor Charles V. On examination, it was clear that the document was…