Person GND

Name

Peter of Biron (1769-1795), duke of Courland and Semigallia (15.02.1724 - 13.01.1800)

From 1786 to 1800 also a duke of Sagan.

The Biron collection was purchased by the Münzkabinett Berlin in 1818 (226 Greek, 190 Roman Republican coins, 75 Roman Imperial coins in gold, 863 in silver, and 1,282 of bronze, a total of 2,736 coins, for which 2,885 Talers were paid according to Pinder.

Lit.: Pinder (1851) pp. XX-XXI; Friedländer - von Sallet ²(1877) p. 21; K. Dahmen, Zwischen Internet und historischem Münzinventar. Ein Beispiel aus der laufenden Objektdokumentation im Berliner Münzkabinett, NNB 2012, pp. 14-16.

Types

Authority Info, previous Owner Info, Sitter Info

GND

https://d-nb.info/gnd/104209119 GND

VIAF

http://viaf.org/viaf/54579360 nomisma

Wikipedia [de]

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_von_Biron nomisma

Wikipedia [en]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_von_Biron nomisma

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456718

Permalink

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