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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Why “Isaiah” of the Isaiah Bulla is not the Prophet Isaiah
A timely and informed comment on the alleged “Isaiah” seal from the recovery excavations being undertaken in East Jerusalem by Israeli archaeologists as they sift through materials removed from below the Haram alSharif (‘Temple Mount’) by the Islamic Waqf (‘Trust’) that controls the site. Read the full article here …
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Reformation @ Grafton
The CCCRH travelling exhibition developed to mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in Europe has now moved to Grafton. During Lent the materials will be on display at the Cathedral Bookshop, during opening hours: 9.30am–4.30pm, Tuesday–Friday. Grafton Cathedral Reformation Exhibition After the exhibition concludes at the end of Holy Week, it will then
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Seleucid Coins Online (SCO)
As a component of the National Endowment of the Humanities funded Hellenistic Royal Coinages project, Seleucid Coins Online (SCO) is a new research tool providing a comprehensive overview of the coinages struck by the Seleucid kings between ca. 320 BC and 64 BC. The current version of SCO is based on Seleucid Coins: A Comprehensive
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20,000+ Roman Republican coins added to CRRO
In a watershed moment for Roman Republican numismatics, 20,237 coins with high-resolution IIIF images from the Bibliothèque nationale de France have been incorporated into the Nomisma.org SPARQL endpoint, and are therefore available in Coinage of the Roman Republic Online. This nearly doubles the coverage of Republican coinage–there had previously been about 26,000 coins available through
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Whose head is on the coin?
The coin that appears in the famous incident when Jesus is challenged about paying taxes to the Roman authorities (Mark 12:13–17) has attracted considerable attention from both biblical scholars and numismatists. CCCRH researcher, Dr Peter Lewis, has considered this episode over many years, and the latest version of his paper on “The Denarius in Mark
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Manuscripts in St Catherine’s Monastery Library, Mt Sinai
The remote monastery dedicated to St Catherine at the foot of Mt Sinai has recently made the news after an attack by gunmen affiliated with the Islamic State. It is valued by pilgrims and scholars for its religious heritage, and especially its rich library with more than 3,000 manuscripts, most famously the Codex Sinaiticus—the oldest
