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Collector · Numismatist

Karl Welz

fl. 1920–1965 · Germany

German collector and numismatist, active 1920–1965. Lived at Fulda. Sold to Münzsammlung der Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Life and work

  1. 1965
    Bochum University's coin collection acquired 8 Cypriot coins from the Karl Welz collection, Fulda (the collection dated c. 1920): small silver (1), Salamis (4), Kition (1), Amathus (1), stater of Nikokles (1). Recke says 'erworben'; he does not say whether by purchase or gift.

    BochumRecke 2012, p. 108

Sources

  1. 1.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.