The 20,000 coins, tokens, medals and other items in the numismatic collections include Iron Age, ancient Greek, Republican and Imperial Roman, Byzantine, Viking, Medieval, post-Medieval, modern coins and paper money, as well as medals, medallions and associated material.
The most significant collection is George Baron’s generous bequest of 2000 gold, silver and bronze coins of the ancient world and later times in 1854. The collection also includes local historical material.
There are also large numbers of modern European coins.