Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Collector

Townley Collection

fl. 1700–1814 · United Kingdom

British collector, active 1700–1814.

Life and work

  1. 1814
    A bronze coin of Septimius Severus showing the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Palaepaphos entered the British Museum with the Townley Collection of antiquities, formed in the late 18th century

    Ulbrich & Kiely 2012

Objects

  • Bronze coin of Septimius Severus showing the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Palaepaphos

    British Museum1814Ulbrich & Kiely 2012

Sources

  1. 1.Anja Ulbrich, Thomas Kiely (2012). “Britain and the Archaeology of Cyprus. I. The long 19th century”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42. Online