Memorable antiquities of Sveiev. The numismatic collection of Elias Brenner and Pavel Grigoryevich Demidov

The book introduces the 300-year history of the unique collection of Swedish coins and medals belonging to the collector and philanthropist Pavel Grigoryevich Demidov (1738–1821) and stored in the PMM named after A.S. Pushkin. Its compiler and the first owner was the founder of the Swedish numismatics Elias Brenner (1647–1717), the author of the famous work Thus Numorum Sveo-Gothicorum .... After the death of Brenner, the meeting passed from the owner to the owner until his traces were lost. For a long time it was believed that the collection was irrevocably lost, however, as it managed to find out, it was in the hands of Demidov, who not only retained it, but also complemented. In 1803, he transferred all his meetings as a gift to Moscow University, and in 1912 his numismatic collection went to the Emperor Alexander III Museum of Extreme Arts (now - the Flea of ​​A.S. Pushkin) The publication tells not only about the history of the legendary collection, but also about its two owners, and also reproduces in illustrations all