Person

Name

Will, Dr. Friedrich (15.06.1847 - 20.04.1922)

Private scholar in Erlangen. A retired Lieutenant.

His collection of some 12,000 coins was purchased by the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität in Erlangen in 1916 for 6,000 Marks. An additional 1,200 were coins acquired as part of his bequest.

The collection included coins from antiquity to the modern period.

Lit.: Obituary in Erlanger Tagblatt of 24 April 1922; Berliner Münzblätter 43, 1922, p. 368; U. Zwicker, Keltische und griechische Münzen sowie römische Provinzialprägungen aus den Sammlungen Will und Gerlach. Katalog der Münzen in der Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg I (1992) p. V.

Types

previous Owner Info

GND

https://d-nb.info/gnd/11923419X

VIAF

https://viaf.org/viaf/72199650

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10.05.2024

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