Guido Bruck (11 November 1920,

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– 13 March 1966,

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) was an Austrian

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In 1948, he obtained his Doctorate in Philosophy. In the same year, he was appointed to the

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where he worked as a

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until his early death. He is noted for his groundbreaking work "Die spätrömische Kupferprägung", ''Late Roman Copper Coinage'', which provides a key to coins of the late Roman period through its analysis of the iconography present on the

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, allowing an identification even in the case of worn mintmarks. This work has served as a basis for other studies and is frequently cited as a resource for the identification of worn late Roman coins. It was re-edited and translated into English in 2014, under the title "Late Roman Bronze Coinage – An attribution guide for poorly preserved coins".

Publications

* ''Münzkundliche Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Kaiser Marcus Claudius Tacitus und Marcus Annius Florianus'', Dissertation, University of Vienna 1948 * ''Die Verwendung christlicher Symbole auf Münzen von Constantin I. bis Magnentius''. Numismatische Zeitschrift 76 (1955) : 26- 32. * ''Die spätrömische Kupferprägung : ein Bestimmungsbuch für schlecht erhaltene Münzen'', Graz 1961 * ''Late Roman Bronze Coinage – An attribution guide for poorly preserved coins'', 2014 (Translated by Alisdair Menzies)

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruck, Guido Austrian numismatists 1920 births 1966 deaths Writers from Vienna Austrian curators 20th-century Austrian historians