Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
The Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum (Braunschweig, State of Lower Saxony, Germany) holds a collection of about 30.000 coins and medals, ranging from antiquity to the modern era. The collection was founded by the dukes of the house Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel with a focus on ancient coins as well as coins and medals of the Guelphs (particularly outstanding is the collection of Northern and Central German bracteates). In the 19th and 20th centuries the collection was expanded by the acquisition of important collections and treasure troves. Paul Jonas Meier bought a substantial collection of French and German Art Nouveau plaques and medals for the museum in the first quarter of the 20th century. Over the centuries, the coin cabinet came about to harbor a universal collection of German, European and non-European coins, among them ca 2.000 Greek and 2.500 Roman coins.