. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. the outstandintr cullcctions which he saw wore tlie cabinet of Queen Clhrisiina of Sweden (at tliat time in Runie), the ccihectiiin cjI Alessamho l',n nese in Parnij.'^ tlie ciiilectidn nl the Este in Modena (ciatini; IViini the hue MOds),''' the Sa\ii\'a calnnet in Turin, the Lax'asjna Collection in Genua, and numerous other collections in the Low t^iuntries. .S|)ain, and Germany. In Enqland, \'aillant studied tlie culieelion of James II, who had huilt his around a micleus inherited h(jm his predecessors ,nrion'4 thii
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. the outstandintr cullcctions which he saw wore tlie cabinet of Queen Clhrisiina of Sweden (at tliat time in Runie), the ccihectiiin cjI Alessamho l',n nese in Parnij.'^ tlie ciiilectidn nl the Este in Modena (ciatini; IViini the hue MOds),''' the Sa\ii\'a calnnet in Turin, the Lax'asjna Collection in Genua, and numerous other collections in the Low t^iuntries. .S|)ain, and Germany. In Enqland, \'aillant studied tlie culieelion of James II, who had huilt his around a micleus inherited h(jm his predecessors ,nrion'4 thiin ()li\-er Clromwell. Other English cabinets an- mentitjnetl b\ \aillant. such as the collections of the Duke of Buckini;, Henry Hyde, and Comit Armidel. In 1677 the antiquarian Elias Aslimole (I(il7-16''2) laid the foimdation at ( )\ford for a museum that today houses the famous Hcberden Coin Room. .\ole\\(jrlh\' rowil coin in other parts of Einope \\ere the collection ol the kint; of Di-nmark and especially that ol (^ueen C'hri^lina of .Swcclrn. Stinmlali-d b\- the e\tensi\c collection of ( )le Worm (d. 1034), rector ol CopenhaLjen Uni\-ersitN-, I'redc- rick III of Dennunk assembled ,i remarkable uioup of coins, chielly Roman, which was pubiislu'd b\' Holtjer Jacobaeus in Id'id.''' 1 Ins i;roup lormed the nucleus for the \vorld-famous Ro\al C'olleclions of Coins and Medals of the DcUiish Xalional Museum in ;' The core of the collection of (.hieen CUiristina in Sweden can Lie traced back to her royal ancestors.'^ Part of this assembla'_;e of o\er (10 coins (which the Queen took with lier after her abdiealion in l() been started durini; the Idth cen(ur\. Some ol the coins come hom wai' boo(\-, others been '^ifts <jf Kin'j, Chatles X (;\us (who paid 111,Odd lalei in .Xurembert; loi" ,i collecliou whiih he presented to Chiisiiria in l(i32i, but most of the coins had been assembled ihrouuh the (hieen's ])urchases.
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