BIRMINGHAM, UK.- The Barber Institute of Fine Arts at University of Birmingham presents The Currency of Femininity: Women on Coins, on view through January 17, 2008. The stories of twelve extraordinary women of immense power and influence � goddesses, regents, and empresses � lie behind this display, drawn from the Barber�s collection of some 16,000 coins. This is the first in a series highlighting specific themes and spanning several historical eras, which aims to bring more of these treasures to a wider audience.