Museo Archeologico Nazionale

dell' Umbria

Coin Collection and Prehistoric Section

Coin Collection

The collection began with that of Count Francesco Friggeri, which he donated in 1790.  Other important acquisitions included:

• the purchase in 1927 of over 2,300 ancient, medieval and modern coins, medals, and papal bulls from of the Quarlieri Collection; and

• 3,782 medieval coins that were found in Perugia in ca. 1930.

The collection is currently being re-organised.

Prehistoric Section

A 26-meter diagram on the left wall sets out the sequence of prehistoric civilizations from the earliest known to the Bronze Age.  The stone age artifacts from Umbria and other regions of Italy  that are displayed on the opposite wall came largely from the collection of Giuseppe Bellucci.

Continue to the Early Etruscan Section opposite.

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