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The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
When the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
opened the doors of its first building on July 4,
1876, ancient coins were already among the 5,600
items in the collection. The MFA has remained
committed to numismatic art ever since, with about
19,000 coins and medals counted among the nearly
450,000 works in all media, spanning world history
from antiquity to the present, that make up the
collection today. The MFA’s collection of Greek and
Roman coins, accounting for slightly less than half
of the Museum’s numismatic holdings, is one of the
finest in the United States and is distinctive for its
emphasis on coins as works of art. The collection
is particularly strong in the Greek coinages of
southern Italy and Sicily, Roman Provincial issues
from the eastern Mediterranean, and Roman
Imperial medallions and multiples, and it includes
many great rarities and unique pieces.
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