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Virtual Displays

Obverse and reverse of a coin from the Crusades

Coinage of the Crusades: Merging East and West

This virtual display features rare coins from The Hunterian collection which date back to the Crusades.

Wave pattern

Pacific Archaeology

Our first virtual 'object in focus' features a 'nelcau' from Aneityum Island, Vanuatu, in the Pacific Ocean.

A selection of coins

'Anarchy'? Coinage of King Stephen's Reign

A virtual version of the changing display featuring coins from the 'Anarchy’: a civil war between King Stephen (r. 1135-1154) and the Empress Matilda.

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