To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the creation of its world-famous Numismatic Collection, Alpha Bank recently organized two major retrospective exhibitions, one in Athens and one Bucharest, Romania.

The first exhibition under the title "The Other Side of the Coin" took place at Goulandres Museum, Athens, Greece. The catalogue presents 150 rare coins from this collection, today one of the most important of its kind.

The second exhibition under the title "Two Sides of the Same Coin" took place at the Museum of the National Bank of Romania. The catalogue presents 100 of the most important coins from the Alpha Bank Numismatic Collection, which travelled to Romania for the exhibition and explores coins as both a means of transactions and a work of art that narrates stories and captures moments from the era in which they circulated.

To remind to those interesting for Greek coins that the pioneer who organized this great collection was the Greek numismatist A. Tzamalis, who seems to have been forgotten from today's curators.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN: Persons - Images - Moments
by D. Tsangaris (ed,)

Athens, 2023. In English. Soft cover, 30 cm, 276 pp., ill.; net weight 1680 gr. ISBN: 978-618-5072-50-6.

Orders at: https://www.biblio.com/book/other-side-coin-d-tsangaris-ed/d/526197814

TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN - Means of Transactions: Masterpieces of Art
by D. Tsangaris (ed.)

Athens, 2023. In English. Hard cover, 30 cm, 192 pp.; rich illustration; net weight 1250 gr. ISBN: 9786185072520.

Orders at: https://www.biblio.com/book/two-sides-same-coin-means-transactions/d/1570426334

For more information on the Alpha Bank numismatic collection, see:
https://www.alphapolitismos.gr/en/numismatic-collection/