Vera Hatz (1923 - 2010) was a German

numismatist A numismatist is a specialist in numismatics ("of coins"; from Late Latin ''numismatis'', genitive of ''numisma''). Numismatists include collectors, specialist dealers, and scholars who use coins and other currency in object-based research. Altho ...

, who specialised in medieval European coinage, in particular that of the tenth and eleventh centuries in northern Europe. She was jointly awarded the

Royal Numismatic Society The Royal Numismatic Society (RNS) is a learned society and charity based in London, United Kingdom which promotes research into all branches of numismatics. Its patron was Queen Elizabeth II. Membership Foremost collectors and researchers, bo ...

Medal, as well as the Gunnar Holst Medal.

Biography

Born Vera Jammer on 15 August 1923 in Hamburg, she was awarded her PhD from the

University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vor ...

. Entitled "Die Anfänge der Münzprägung im Herzogtum Sachsen. (10. und 11. Jahrhundert)", it was supervised by Walter Hävernick ( de) and published in 1952. By 1951 she had begun work in the numismatic department at the

Museum for Hamburg History The Museum for Hamburg History () is a history museum located in the city of Hamburg in northern Germany. The museum was established in 1908 and opened at its current location in 1922, although its parent organization was founded in 1839. The muse ...

. In 1954 Hatz became part of an international collaborative project 'Corpus Nummorum Saeculorum IX-XI qui in Suecia Reperti Sunt' alongside Peter Berghaus,

Michael Dolley Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian an ...

, Ulla S. Linder-Welin and Brita Malmer. A further collaborator was her husband Gert Hatz. She was also known for her work on the Otto-Adelheid coinage. In 1988 the

festschrift In academia, a ''Festschrift'' (; plural, ''Festschriften'' ) is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic, and presented during their lifetime. It generally takes the form of an edited volume, containing contributions from the h ...

''Commentationes numismaticae 1988: Festgabe für Gert und Vera Hatz'' was published. The volume recognised the important contributions both made to numismatics, and in particular coinage of the Viking world. In 2013 a medal was designed by Peter-Götz Güttler, posthumously commemorating Hatz's 90th birthday.

Awards

* Royal Numismatic Society Medal - 2003 (with Gert Hatz) * Gunnar Holst Medal - 2007 (with Gert Hatz)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hatz, Vera 1923 births 2010 deaths Women numismatists 20th-century German women writers German numismatists University of Hamburg alumni Royal Numismatic Society People from Hamburg People from Eutin