Th e Berlin Numismatic Collection of the Radziwiłłs: An (Un)Known Russian Trace that Did Not Exist? Cover Image

Berlińska kolekcja numizmatyczna Radziwiłłów – (nie)znany rosyjski ślad, który nie istniał?
Th e Berlin Numismatic Collection of the Radziwiłłs: An (Un)Known Russian Trace that Did Not Exist?

Author(s): Roman Krytsuk
Subject(s): History, 18th Century, 19th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Wilhelm Radziwiłł (1797–1870); Berlin Radziwiłł Münzkabinett; Nesvizh; lost collections

Summary/Abstract: Th e article presents the history of the numismatic collection gathered by the Berlin Radziwiłłs and its eventual fate: its origins, history, and the mystery of its disappearance. It also discusses the mysterious history of the collection of Russian coins “from the collection of Prince Radziwiłł”, which has been circulating on the Russian numismatic market since the 1990s. Th e author wonders whether this Russian collection is related to the Berlin numismatic collection of the Radziwiłłs.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 275-284
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish
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