Our entire collection is being published online for easy access by teachers and students, faith leaders and faith communities, researchers and the general public.
Search our collection
The full inventory can be browsed or you can search for a specific item. This link provides you with read-only access to selected fields from every record in the database.
When using this link for the first time you will be asked to register your email address and name. For each person who registers in this way, the Foundation receives a $10 credit towards the cost of our subscription to the AirTable software that powers our site.
By default the items are grouped by type (Ampullae, Amulets, Badges, etc) and then sorted by the name of the record. Please note that this collection is a work-in-progress and many records do not yet have photographs or complete academic descriptions. However, the curated subsets usually have photographs for most of the items as well as extensive notes.
Curated collections
Various curated subsets of material are available in gallery mode, including:
- All CCCRH coins
- The Cathedral Coins
- Hellenistic Coins
- Roman Republic Coins
- Roman Imperial Coins
- Roman Provincial Coins
Some materials are arranged by mints:
In addition, we have items for selected categories such as
- Ancient Egypt
- Byzantine
- Cities visited by St Paul
- Communion tokens
- The English Bible
- Ethiopian Christianity
- French Revolution
- History of Coins
- Icons
- Islam
- Judaica
- Manuscripts
- Medals
- Medieval Books of Hours
- Military items
- Oil Lamps
- Popes
- European Reformation
- Venice
The list keeps growing as do the number and type of items within each gallery.
Recent additions
Recent additions to our collection can be seen in a specially curated online gallery. Items featured here have either recently been acquired by the Foundation or their descriptions have recently been significantly updated.