RISD Museum - Providence, RI

Home for the holidays and made my periodic visit to the RISD Museum. They have an impressive collection of Greek silver and gold. The story of acquisition is detailed in the text "Ancient Greek Coins: Catalogue of the Classical Collection" by Holloway (available for 12 bucks on vcoins).

Here are pics of the collection in the left showcase:

 

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What does RISD stand for?

 

Here are pics of the collection in the right showcase (I think I missed the last row):

 

Rhode Island School of Design

 

They have one of those Cretan staters with labyrinthal/swastika and crescents.

 

I enjoy these museum collection threads. Very cool.

 

Thanks!! 10 minutes away from me, I'm going to check it out!!

 

Note how the right showcase has pairs of two similar coins mounted so you can see what the two sides were. This is a great way of doing a museum display if you have doubles of your coins. More often we see photos, casts or are left to guess what the hidden side was. Perhaps this was explained in the text above that was cropped from the photo. The left display noted that the side with the * was the side shown. It is nice to see a museum that puts that much care in making their display of coins.