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Abstract
The Faculty of Arts, University of Alexandria has been opened in 1943 (then University of Farouk the First). Dr. Abdel Moneem Abu Bakr and Alan Wace suggested to set up a museum to preserve the antiquities which had been found in the excavations of the Faculty of Arts. The Archaeological Educational Museum of The Faculty of Arts has been opened in 1945 to serve the educational and practical needs of the students.
The antiquities kept in the museum came from the excavations conducted by teams from The Faculty of Arts in many places like: Kom El Dikka, Al-Amiry hospital in Alexandria, Marea in west of Alexandria, Kom Ferin in Boheira, Buto in Kafr al-Sheikh, Giza, Gawassis valley in the red sea, Ashmonein in Minya, Naquada in Qena, in addition to those which have been donated or bought.
The museum witnessed many restoration works during the previous years and it has been closed after January revolution in 2011. At present, the Department of Archaeology and Graeco-Roman Studies and Department of History are in the process of developing it and registering all the antiquities in the hope of opening in the near future.
Prof. Jean-Yves Empereur, director of The Center of Alexandrian Studies (CEALex), has offered in a memorandum of understanding between the Center of Alexandrian Studies and the Faculty of Arts, to publish pieces preserved in the museum in association between the Egyptian and French researchers.
The museum contains a collection of coins that belong to different eras, such as the Ptolemaic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic. The Greek and Roman collections were acquired either by excavations or by donations.
The coin collections have not yet been registered, classified or published in the right manner, so the choice fell on these collections to become a subject of study and publication which require measurement of weight, of diameter, and classification.
The Graeco-Roman collection consists of two hundred and fifty four coins, in addition to nine weights. It includes thirty six Ptolemaic, one Bactrian, one Seleucid, one hundred Alexandrian, one Roman provincial from Syria, one hundred and ten Roman and late Roman, and five Byzantine coins.
The thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter deals with Ptolemaic coins, besides one Bactrian coin, one Seleucid coin. The second chapter deals with the Alexandrian coins, besides one Roman provincial coin. The third chapter deals with Roman and late Roman coins. The fourth chapter deals with Byzantine coins and weights.
Every chapter consists of two parts, the first deals with an overview of the coinage in the specified period; the second is a study of the collection of the museum of the same period. The fourth contains four parts; the third is an overview of Byzantine weights and a study of the museum collection. In addition, a catalogue of all collections is annexed to indicate all the information of the coins in detail.