Collection is located on-site.
Collection has no restrictions.
A collection of ancient Greek and Roman coins formed by Columbia professor George N. Olcott (A.B. 1893; Ph.D. 1899). The coins are arranged in chronological order in two cabinets. A hand-written card catalog indexes and describes each coin. In 1958 the Library acquired a collection of squeezes of almost all the coins used in the ancient Greek city of Syracuse on the island of Sicily
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Collection is located on-site.
Collection has no restrictions.
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Librarian for Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Bequest of George N. Olcott, 1912.
Source of acquisition--Olcott, George N. Method of acquisition--Bequest; Date of acquisition--1912. Accession number--M-1912.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Entered in AMC 11/26/90.
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