Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Numismatist · Collector · Museum buyer

General Fox (numismatist)

fl. 1840–1906

Army officer, active 1840–1906. Bought from Robert Hamilton Lang.

Life and work

  1. 1871
    Masson lists 'un numismate qui est le général Fox' among buyers at the Sotheby sales of Cesnola's antiquities in London (9 Jan and 1 May 1871), distinct from Colonel Fox (the future Pitt Rivers).

    LondonMasson 1996

  2. by 1878
    Lang bought a gold coin of the Evagorean dynasty for GBP 4 10s and wrote that 'General Fox at first sight gave me 80 pounds, and never ceased to thank me'; Lang adds it was unique. Date of the purchase is not given in the passage.

    Lang 1878, p. 331

Connections

1 person

Sales, gifts & bequests

Colleagues & contacts

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

Sources

  1. 1.R. H. Lang (1878). Cyprus: Its History, Its Present Resources and Future Prospects. London, Macmillan.
  2. 2.Olivier Masson (1996). “La dispersion des antiquités chypriotes: les deux collections Cesnola”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 25, 3-32. Online
  3. 3.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.