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Ulla Westermark
Ulla Westermark (30 March 1927 - 22 February 2020) was a Swedish numismatist, who was a specialist in Ancient Greek coinage. She was Director of the Stockholm Coin Cabinet from 1979 to 1983 and was recognised with awards for her contributions to numismatics from the Royal Numismatic Society, the American Numismatic Society, the International Monetary History Society and the . Biography Ulla Lundström was born on 30 March 1927 in Trollhättan. She attended the Högre allmänna läroverket för flickor (Higher General School for Girls) in Örebro until 1947. She then studied Literature, Art History and Archaeology at Stockholm University, graduating in 1954. One of her tutors there was the German numismatist Willy Schwabacher ( de), a specialist in ancient Greek currency, who inspired her interest in numismatics. Later in her career she continued some of Schwabacher's work on the coinage of Amphipolis. Lundström married Per Westermark (1929-1954) in 1952. In 1959 Westermar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medal Of The Royal Numismatic Society
The Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society was first awarded in 1883. It is awarded by the Royal Numismatic Society and is one of the highest markers of recognition given to numismatists. The President and Council award the Medal annually to an "individual highly distinguished for services to Numismatic Science". In recent years the Medallist has been invited to receive the medal in person and to give a lecture, usually at the Society's December Meeting. Sir John Evans gave the dies for the original silver medal to the Society in 1883. The current medal was commissioned from Ian Rank-Broadley in 1993 and is a cast silver medal with the classical theme of Heracles and the Nemean lion. The Society commissioned Robert Elderton to create a new medal in 2020-21 List of Medallists Recipients of the Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society and their lecture titles (where available) are given below. Further details about the individual medallists and their contributions to the field of numi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |