I am just back from a quick visit to Berlin. Although I had visited the city several times before, I had never been to the Bode-Museum. Stupid me: it is one of the most beautiful museums I’ve ever been to. It has a great collection of painting and sculpture, and four rooms of Late Ancient and Byzantine art. Among the highlights are the apse of a church from Ravenna, a gambling machine from Constantinople, a fifth-century relief showing Saint Simeon, and beautiful ivories.
The greatest delight, however, turned out to be four rooms with coins and medals. There were hundreds of them, superbly displayed; I might have spent several hours over there, but at ten o’ clock in the evening, the museum closed. The Bodemuseum is really worth a couple of hours, and don’t postpone it until your fifth visit to Berlin.
This museum was visited in 2010.
65 pictures related to this museum
![](/site/assets/files/51633/thumbnail_coin_julian_siscia_283-285_bodemuseum.jpg) Coin of Julian from Siscia
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![](/site/assets/files/39677/thumbnail_coin_vonones_i.jpg) Vonones I
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![](/site/assets/files/9842/thumbnail_coin_magnus_maximus_bodemuseum.jpg) Magnus Maximus
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![](/site/assets/files/66256/thumbnail_ravenna_s_michele_bodemuseum2.jpg) Ravenna, San Michele, Apse, Mosaic
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![](/site/assets/files/11273/thumbnail_coin_licinius_bodemuseum.jpg) Licinius
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![](/site/assets/files/18374/thumbnail_coin_vologases_v_bodemuseum.jpg) Vologases V
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![](/site/assets/files/18367/thumbnail_coin_phraates_iii_1_bodemuseum.jpg) Phraates III
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![](/site/assets/files/8152/thumbnail_coin_vologases_iv_bodemuseum.jpg) Vologases IV
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![](/site/assets/files/64417/thumbnail_coin_rhodes_408-395_bodemuseum.jpg) Rhodes, Coin with Helios
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![](/site/assets/files/18365/thumbnail_coin_partharmaspates_bodemuseum.jpg) Partharmaspates
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![](/site/assets/files/18376/thumbnail_coin_yazdgard_iii_bodemuseum.jpg) Yazdgard III
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![](/site/assets/files/40257/thumbnail_abukir_medaillons2_alexander_helmet_bodemuseum.jpg) Abukir, Medaillon of Alexander, with the abduction Europa on his helmet
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![](/site/assets/files/51122/thumbnail_coin_gratian_victoria_bodemuseum.jpg) Coin of Gratian, Victoria
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![](/site/assets/files/18363/thumbnail_coin_orodes_iii.jpg) Orodes III
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![](/site/assets/files/5410/thumbnail_coin_acragas_413-411_bodemuseum.jpg) Coin from Acragas: eagle with hare
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![](/site/assets/files/47468/thumbnail_syrian_lamp_svi_bodemuseum.jpg) Byzantine lamp from Syria
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![](/site/assets/files/47471/thumbnail_lamp_horse_siv-vi_bodemuseum.jpg) Byzantine horse-shaped lamp
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![](/site/assets/files/38724/thumbnail_coin_cleopatra_vii.jpg) Cleopatra VII Philopator
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![](/site/assets/files/40258/thumbnail_abukir_medaillons3_alexander_frontal_bodemuseum.jpg) Abukir, Medaillon of Alexander with the zodiac on his shield
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![](/site/assets/files/18370/thumbnail_coin_shapur_iii_bodemuseum.jpg) Shapur III
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![](/site/assets/files/18364/thumbnail_coin_osroes_i_bodemuseum.jpg) Osroes I
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![](/site/assets/files/9975/thumbnail_coin_vaballathus.jpg) Vaballathus
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![](/site/assets/files/10243/thumbnail_coin_johannes_bodemuseum.jpg) Johannes
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![](/site/assets/files/63820/thumbnail_coin_vardanes_i_bodemuseum.jpg) Vardanes I
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![](/site/assets/files/18355/thumbnail_coin_bistam_bodemuseum.jpg) Bistam
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![](/site/assets/files/57929/thumbnail_coin_chios_sv_bodemuseum.jpg) Chios, Coin with a sphinx and an amphora
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![](/site/assets/files/7858/thumbnail_coin_laelianus_bodemuseum.jpg) Laelianus
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![](/site/assets/files/11336/thumbnail_coin_valentinian_valens_germanic_copy_bodemuseum.jpg) Valentinian I and Valens
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![](/site/assets/files/18350/thumbnail_coin_artabanus_i_bodemuseum.jpg) Artabanus I
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![](/site/assets/files/65977/thumbnail_peacock_egypt_sv-vii_bodemuseum.jpg) Byzantine, Peacock-shaped lamp
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![](/site/assets/files/8013/thumbnail_coin_archelaus_caesarea_17-16_bodemuseum.jpg) Coin of Archelaus of Cappadocia
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![](/site/assets/files/40256/thumbnail_abukir_medaillons1_alexander_bodemuseum.jpg) Abukir, Medaillon of Alexander with diadem
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![](/site/assets/files/4391/thumbnail_coin_syracuse_decadrachm_400-370_bodemuseum.jpg) Syracusan coin, showing a chariot with maritime symbols, commemorating the naval victory
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![](/site/assets/files/18366/thumbnail_coin_phraates_ii_bodemuseum.jpg) Phraates II
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![](/site/assets/files/7253/thumbnail_coin_nectanebo_ii_bodemuseum.jpg) Coin of Nectanebo II, showing hieroglyfs signifying “nefr nub”, good gold
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![](/site/assets/files/39676/thumbnail_coin_tiridates.jpg) Tiridates I
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![](/site/assets/files/67091/thumbnail_coin_aetolian_league_220-196_bodemuseum.jpg) Athena on a coin of the Aetolian League
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![](/site/assets/files/63831/thumbnail_coin_diodotus_bactria_250-230_bodemuseum.jpg) Diodotus I of Bactria, coin
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![](/site/assets/files/11051/thumbnail_coin_florianus_bodemuseum.jpg) Florian
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![](/site/assets/files/9911/thumbnail_abukir_medaillons5_caracalla_bodemuseum.jpg) Caracalla as Alexander
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![](/site/assets/files/10200/thumbnail_coin_cyrene_435-330_bodemuseum.jpg) Coin from Cyrene, sylphium
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![](/site/assets/files/17353/thumbnail_coin_macedonia_first_part_158-150_bodemuseum.jpg) Coin of Macedonia Prima
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![](/site/assets/files/58415/thumbnail_coin_tarentum_390_bodemuseum.jpg) Coin of Taras on a dolphin
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![](/site/assets/files/17388/thumbnail_coin_seleucus_vi_94_emergency_bodemuseum.jpg) Coin of Seleucus VI Epiphanes (emergency currency)
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![](/site/assets/files/51635/thumbnail_coin_honorius_bodemuseum.jpg) Honorius (coin)
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![](/site/assets/files/2087/thumbnail_coin_daric_bodemuseum.jpg) A Persian gold piece (daric)
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![](/site/assets/files/7812/thumbnail_coin_carausius_bodemuseum.jpg) Carausius
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![](/site/assets/files/18373/thumbnail_coin_vologases_iii_bodemuseum.jpg) Vologases III
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![](/site/assets/files/12786/thumbnail_coin_mithridates_i_1_bodemuseum.jpg) Mithradates I the Great
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![](/site/assets/files/18362/thumbnail_coin_orodes_i_bodemuseum.jpg) Orodes I
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![](/site/assets/files/7394/thumbnail_coin_magnentius3_bodemuseum.jpg) Magnentius
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![](/site/assets/files/18375/thumbnail_coin_vonones_ii.jpg) Vonones II
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![](/site/assets/files/66058/thumbnail_coin_gunthamund_bodemuseum.jpg) Coin of Gunthamund
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![](/site/assets/files/16029/thumbnail_coin_phraataces_1_bodemuseum.jpg) Phraataces
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![](/site/assets/files/17269/thumbnail_coin_jupiter_olympia_bodemuseum.jpg) Coin with Phidias' statue of Jupiter in Olympia
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![](/site/assets/files/16122/thumbnail_coin_carthage_350-270_bodemuseum.jpg) Tanit on a Carthaginian coin
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![](/site/assets/files/18368/thumbnail_coin_phraates_iv.jpg) Phraates IV
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![](/site/assets/files/18352/thumbnail_coin_artabanus_iii_bodemuseum.jpg) Artabanus III
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![](/site/assets/files/18377/thumbnail_coin_zamasp_bodemuseum.jpg) Zamasp
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![](/site/assets/files/9898/thumbnail_coin_artabanus_iv_bodemuseum.jpg) Artabanus IV
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![](/site/assets/files/47469/thumbnail_weight_sv_bodemuseum.jpg) Byzantine weight
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![](/site/assets/files/18358/thumbnail_coin_hormizd_iv_bodemuseum.jpg) Hormizd IV
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![](/site/assets/files/63834/thumbnail_coin_eucratides_bactria_170-145_bodemuseum.jpg) Eucratides I of Bactria
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![](/site/assets/files/18356/thumbnail_coin_buran_bodemuseum.jpg) Buran
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![](/site/assets/files/47464/thumbnail_lawrence_egypt_sv-vi_bodemuseum.jpg) Egypt, Byzantine decorated tile, St. Lawrence
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