Regensburg, Institut für Klassische Archäologie der Universität
The coin collection of the Institute of Classical Archaeology at the University of Regensburg originates from the private collection of the engineer and architect Franz Langlotz (1876-1953). Due to his personal interest and passion he managed to collect many objects of ancient art – including Attic and southern Italian painted ceramics, 42 (mostly Roman) glass vessels, small bronze objects, Hellenistic terracotta statuettes – and 25 coins (mainly Roman denarii).Born in Regensburg, Langlotz bequeathed half of this collection, including the coins, to his former school, the Humanistisches Gymnasium, now the Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium. From 1991 to 1994, on the initiative of Prof Dr Dieter Salzmann, over 800 ancient coins were added, mainly as donations from various German auction houses and coin cabinets as well as permanent loans from the Historisches Museum Regensburg.Designed as a study collection, it covers all the important historical regions and Roman provinces of the Mediterranean from the the Greek Archaic period to the Byzantine era.