Joseph Calasanza, Ritter von Arneth (12 August 1791 – 31 October 1863) was an

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and archæologist, born at

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. He became custodian of the Cabinet of Coins and Antiquities in

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, and director of that institution in 1840, in which capacity he rendered very valuable services to the department of numismatics. Among his more important works are: *''Synopsis Numorum Grœcorum'' (1837) *''Synopsis Numorum Romanorum'' (1842) *''Das k. k. Münz- und Antikenkabinett'' (1845) *''Die antiken Kameen des k. k. Munz- und Antikenkabinetts'' (1849) *''Die Cinque-Cento-Kameen und Arbeiten des

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und seiner Zeitgenossen'' (1858) He was the father of

Alfred von Arneth Alfred Ritter von Arneth (10 July 181930 July 1897) was an Austrian historian. His principal scholarly work is a ten-volume biography of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, first published in installments from 1863 to 1879 and still regarded as ...

. In 1851 he received a medal in occasion of his anniversary of working at the Cabinet of Coins and Antiquities in

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.http://hdl.handle.net/10900/100742 S. Krmnicek und M. Gaidys, Gelehrtenbilder. Altertumswissenschaftler auf Medaillen des 19. Jahrhunderts. Begleitband zu
online-Ausstellung im Digitalen Münzkabinett des Instituts für Klassische Archäologie der Universität Tübingen
in: S. Krmnicek (Hrsg.), Von Krösus bis zu König Wilhelm. Neue Serie Bd. 3 (Tübingen 2020), 50f.

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