A numismatist is a specialist in

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("of coins"; from

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''numismatis'', genitive of ''numisma''). Numismatists include collectors, specialist dealers, and scholars who use coins and other currency in object-based research. Although use of the term numismatics was first recorded in English in 1799, people had been collecting and studying coins long before this, all over the world. The first group chiefly derives pleasure from the simple ownership of monetary devices and studying these coins as private amateur scholars. In the classical field amateur collector studies have achieved quite remarkable progress in the field. Examples are

Walter Breen Walter Henry Breen Jr. (September 5, 1928 – April 27, 1993) was an American numismatist, writer, and convicted child sex offender; as well as the husband of author Marion Zimmer Bradley. He was known among coin collectors for writing ''Wal ...

, a well-known example of a noted numismatist who was not an avid collector, and King

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was an avid collector who had very little interest in numismatics. Harry Bass by comparison was a noted collector who was also a numismatist. The second group are the coin dealers. Often called professional numismatists, they authenticate or

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coins for commercial purposes. The buying and selling of coin collections by numismatists who are professional dealers advance the study of money, and expert numismatists are consulted by historians, museum curators, and archaeologists. See, for example, the

International Association of Professional Numismatists The International Association of Professional Numismatists (IAPN), founded in 1951, is a non-profit organisation of the leading international numismatic firms. The objects of the association are the development of a healthy and prosperous numisma ...

(IAPN) and the British Numismatic Trade Association (BNTA). The third category are scholar numismatists working in public collections, universities or as independent scholars acquiring knowledge about monetary devices, their systems, their economy and their historical context. Coins are especially relevant as a source in the pre-modern period.

Training and recognition

There are very few academic institutions around the world that offer formal training in numismatics. Some may offer numismatics as part of a course in classical studies, ancient history, history or archaeology. Scholar numismatists may focus on numismatics at the postgraduate level, where the training is more research-based. As a result, most scholar numismatists will approach numismatics from within another academic discipline (e.g. history, archaeology, ancient or modern languages, metal sciences), perhaps after attending a numismatic summer school, usually based where there is an excellent coin collection. Recognition of scholarly numismatic expertise may be in the form of a postgraduate qualification, and/or in the form of a medal awarded by a numismatic society: for example, the

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 "in ...

, which may be awarded to scholar numismatists of any nationality. Donald H. Kagin earned the first PhD in Numismatics granted in the United States in 1979. Numismatic institutes *The Institute for Numismatics and History of Money Vienna (Austria) *

Indian Institute for Research in Numismatic Studies Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies is located near the town of Nasik in Maharashtra state of India. Known locally as the Coin Museum or Money Museum, it is primarily a research centre with one wing dedicated to a public gallery. ...

, Nasik (India) *International Centre for Numismatic Studies, Naples (Italy) Numismatic summer schools * American Numismatic Association Summer Seminar *

American Numismatic Society The American Numismatic Society (ANS) is a New York City-based organization dedicated to the study of coins, money, medals, tokens, and related objects. Founded in 1858, it is the only American museum devoted exclusively to their preservation ...

British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docume ...

Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century ...

(RU) and the Netherlands Institute at Athens (NIA) Summer School

Numismatic organizations (selection)

American Numismatic Association The American Numismatic Association (ANA) is an organization founded in 1891 by George Francis Heath. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, it was formed to advance the knowledge of numismatics (the study of coins) along educational, histor ...

* (Spanish Numismatic Society) *British Art Medal Society *British Association of Numismatic Societies *

British Numismatic Society The British Numismatic Society (BNS) is an organisation for promoting and realization of the study of United Kingdom, British coins and medals. It was founded in 1903. Publications Its principal publication is the ''British Numismatic Journal'', ...

International Bank Note Society Notaphily is the study and collection of paper currency, and banknotes. A notaphilist is a collector of banknotes or paper money, particularly as a hobby. History It is believed that people have been collecting paper money for as long as it ...

International Numismatic Council The International Numismatic Council (INC), formerly the International Numismatic Commission, is the international co-ordinating body set up to aid cooperation between numismatists and institutions within the field of numismatics, or related areas ...

organises the International Numismatic Congress, and publishes the ''Survey of Numismatic Research''. *Israel Numismatic Society * (Royal Dutch Numismatic Society) *Money and Medals Network (UK) * (Berlin Numismatic Society) *Oriental Numismatic Society * (Austrian Numismatic Society) *

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 ...

(UK) *Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft/Société Suisse de Numismatique/Società Svizzera di Numismatica/

Swiss Numismatic Society The Swiss Numismatic Society (SNS ; ''Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau'' in German) was founded in 1879 and is a registered non-profit organization. It is the overall Swiss association of individuals and institutions with an interest in anc ...

Società Numismatica Italiana The Italian Numismatic Society (''Società numismatica italiana'') is an Italian cultural association for the study of numismatics and for the promotion and spread of studies "relating to coins, tesserae, coin weights, medals and seals". Based i ...

(Italian Numismatic Society) *

Royal Numismatic Society of Belgium The Royal Numismatic Society of Belgium, known in Dutch as the Koninklijk Belgisch Genootschap voor Numismatiek and in French as the Société Royale de Numismatique de Belgique, is a society focusing on the field of numismatics Numismatics is th ...

(Société Royale de Numismatique de Belgique) * (French Numismatic Society) * (Swedish Numismatic Society)

Biographical resources

As scholar numismatists work on coins (and related objects) within their particular area of interest (e.g. a particular part of the world, a particular period of history, or a particular culture), they are often known in those fields, as well as in numismatics. Biographical resources relating specifically to numismatists include the following: *Manville, H.E., ''Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Numismatics'', Encyclopaedia of British Numismatics. Volume IV (London, 2009) *Smith, Pete:, ''American Numismatic Biographies'' (1992). *"Numismatic Who's Who", in ''Coins Weekly''. *de Callataÿ, F., ''Portraits of Famous Numismatists who died before 1800'' *de Callataÿ, F., ''Portraits of Famous Numismatists who died after 1800'' *''Famous Numismatists - Les grands numismates'', on the

webpage *''Encyclopedic Dictionary of Numismatic Biographies'' - focus on American numismatists *''Numismatics - Biographical Information'', on The E-Sylum

List of scholar numismatists

* Richard Abdy * Mikhail Abramzon * Carmen Alfaro Asins (1952–2005) *

Andreas Alföldi András (Andreas) Ede Zsigmond Alföldi (27 August 1895 – 12 February 1981) was a Hungarian historian, art historian, epigraphist, numismatist and archaeologist, specializing in the Late Antique period. He was one of the most productive 20t ...

(1895–1981) *

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* Martin Allen (numismatist) * Michael Alram * Michel Amandry * Ermanno A Arslan * Philip Attwood *

Augusto Carlos Teixeira de Aragão Augusto Carlos Teixeira de Aragão • • • (15 June 1823 – 29 April 1903) was a Portuguese officer, doctor, numismatist, archaeologist and historian. As an officer of the Portuguese army, he retired with the rank of general. Teixeira ...

Marion Archibald Marion MacCallum Archibald (1935 – 23 April 2016) was a British numismatist, author and for 33-years a curator at the British Museum. She was the first woman to be appointed Assistant Keeper in the Department of Coins and Medals and is regarde ...

(1935–2016) * Carmen Arnold-Biucchi *

Simone Assemani Simone Assemani (February 19, 1752 – April 7, 1821), grand-nephew of Giuseppe Simone Assemani, was born in Rome. He was professor of Oriental languages in Padua. He is best known by his masterly detection of the literary imposture of Giusepp ...

(1752–1820) *

Ernest Babelon Ernest Charles François Babelon (born 7 November 1854 in Sarrey, Département Haute-Marne; died 3 January 1924 in Paris) was a French Numismatist and classical archaeologist. Education and career Ernest Babelon trained from 1874 to 1878 to be a ...

(1854–1924) *

Churchill Babington Churchill Babington (; 11 March 182112 January 1889) was an English classical scholar, archaeologist and naturalist. He served as Rector of Cockfield, Suffolk. He was a cousin of Cardale Babington. Life He was born at Rothley Temple, in Le ...

* Paul Balog *

Anselmo Banduri Anselmo Banduri (18 August 1671 or 1675 – 4 January 1743) was a Benedictine scholar, archaeologist and numismatologist from the Republic of Ragusa. Biography Banduri was born in Ragusa, Dalmatia as Matteo (Matija) Banduri, he joined the B ...

* Jean-Jacques Barthélemy Garde du Cabinet du roi (1754–1795) * Pierre Bastien (1912–2010) * Georges Bataille * Khadijeh (Zohrer) Baseri *

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* Peter Berghaus (1919–2012) *

Jacob de Bie Jacob de Bie, known in France also as Jacques de Bie ( Antwerp, 1581 – Arnhem (?), c. 1640) was a Flemish engraver, publisher and numismatist who worked in Antwerp, Brussels, Paris and Arnhem. As a reproductive artist he made engravings after d ...

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(1953–2011) *

Roger Bland Roger Farrant Bland, (born 3 April 1955) is a British curator and numismatist. At the British Museum, he served as Keeper of the Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasure from 2005 to 2013, Keeper of the Department of Prehistory and Europ ...

Osmund Bopearachchi Osmund Bopearachchi (born 1949) is a Sri Lankan historian and numismatist who has specialized notably standardized the coinage of the Indo-Greek and Greco-Bactrian kingdoms. He is currently Emeritus Director of the CNRS at the École Normale Sup ...

Bartolomeo Borghesi Bartolomeo (also Bartolommeo) Borghesi (11 July 178116 April 1860) was an Italian antiquarian who was a key figure in establishing the science of numismatics. He was born at Savignano, near Rimini, and studied at Bologna and Rome. Having wea ...

Howard Franklin Bowker Howard Franklin Bowker (1889-1970) was a numismatist and philatelist, collecting and specialising in Chinese coins, stamps and banknotes. He created the first bibliography of Western language publications on East Asian numismatics. Family life ...

* Robert Bracey *

Pierre-Napoléon Breton Pierre-Napoléon Breton (1858-1917), was an early Canadian numismatist, best known for publishing a series of guides on Canadian tokens. The numbering system Breton devised for cataloging early Canadian token is still used today. Along with R.W. ...

Agnes Baldwin Brett Agnes Baldwin Brett (née Baldwin, 1876–1955) was an American numismatist and archaeologist who worked as the Curator at the American Numismatic Society from 1910 to 1913. She was the first paid curator at the American Numismatic Society. She ...

* Andrew Brown *

Guido Bruck Guido Bruck (11 November 1920, Vienna – 13 March 1966, Melk) was an Austrian Numismatist In 1948, he obtained his Doctorate in Philosophy. In the same year, he was appointed to the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna where he worked as a cura ...

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Guillaume Budé Guillaume Budé (; Latinized as Guilielmus Budaeus; 1468 – 1540) was a French scholar and humanist. He was involved in the founding of Collegium Trilingue, which later became the Collège de France. Budé was also the first keeper of the ...

* Andrew Burnett * Aleksander Bursche *

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* Herbert A. Cahn (1915–2002) * Mando Caramessini-Oeconomides (1927–2015) * Dario Calomino * Ian Carradice *

Francesco Carelli Francesco Carelli (8 October 1758 in Conversano – 17 September 1832 in Naples) was an administrative officer of the Kingdom of Naples and an important numismatist A numismatist is a specialist in numismatics ("of coins"; from Late Latin ''numis ...

* Robert Carson (1918–2006) *

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Gabriele Lancillotto Castelli Gabriele is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name Surname *Al Gabriele, American comic book artist *Angel Gabriele (1956–2016), American comic book artist * Corrado Gabriele (born 1966), Italian polit ...

(1727–1792) *

Celestino Cavedoni Celestino Cavedoni (18 May 1795 at Levizzano-Rangone, near Modena – 26 November 1865 in Modena) was an Italian ecclesiastic, archeologist, and numismatist. He pursued his theological studies in the diocesan seminary, and from 1816 to 1821 disting ...

Secondina Lorenza Cesano Secondina Lorenza Eugenia Cesano (16 February 1879 - 13 August 1973) was an Italian numismatist and professor of numismatics at the Sapienza University of Rome. Biography Cesano originally studied at the Sapienza University of Rome. In 1902 sh ...

(1879–1973) * Elvira Clain-Stefanelli (1914–2001) *

Joan Clarke Joan Elisabeth Lowther Murray, MBE (''née'' Clarke; 24 June 1917 – 4 September 1996) was an English cryptanalyst and numismatist best known for her work as a code-breaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. Although she did ...

Henry Cohen Henry Cohen may refer to: *Henry Cohen (numismatist) (1806–1880), French numismatist, bibliographer and composer *Henry Cohen (rabbi) (1863–1952), Jewish Texan rabbi in Galveston, Texas, 1888–1952 * Henry Cohen (politician) (1872–1942), Aus ...

* Barrie Cook * Esprit-Marie Cousinéry (1747–1833). *

Michael Crawford Michael Patrick Smith, (born 19 January 1942), known professionally as Michael Crawford, is an English tenor, actor and comedian. Crawford is best known for playing both the hapless Frank Spencer in the sitcom '' Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'' a ...

Joe Cribb Joe Cribb is a numismatist, specialising in Asian coinages, and in particular on coins of the Kushan Empire. His catalogues of Chinese silver currency ingots, and of ritual coins of Southeast Asia were the first detailed works on these subjects i ...

* Sylvester Sage Crosby (1831–1914) * M. Crusafont i Sabater * Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis *

Hermann Dannenberg Hermann or Herrmann may refer to: * Hermann (name), list of people with this name * Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language * Éditions Hermann, French publisher * Hermann, Mis ...

(1824–1905) * François de Callatay *

Elena Abramovna Davidovich Elena Abramovna Davidovich (Russian: Елена Абрамовна Давидович; 24 December 1922 - 5 December 2013) was a Russian archaeologist and numismatist, who specialised in the coinages of Central Asia. A founder of the discipline ...

* G. Demski * Georges Depeyrot * Amelia Dowler *

Théophile Marion Dumersan Théophile Marion Dumersan (4 January 1780, Plou, Cher – 13 April 1849, Paris) was a French writer of plays, vaudevilles, poetry, novels, chanson collections, librettos, and novels, as well as a numismatist and curator attached to the Cabinet ...

Joseph Hilarius Eckhel Joseph Hilarius Eckhel (13 January 1737 – 16 May 1798) was an Austrian Jesuit priest and numismatist. Biography Eckhel was born at Enzersfeld, in Lower Austria. His father was farm-steward to Count Zinzendorf, and he received his early edu ...

(1737–1798) *

Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher also known as Endlicher István László (24 June 1804, Bratislava (Pozsony) – 28 March 1849, Vienna) was an Austrian botanist, numismatist and Sinologist. He was a director of the Botanical Garden of Vienna. ...

Elizabeth Errington Elizabeth Errington is a specialist on the archaeology of Gandhara and the collections of Charles Masson, and a numismatist specialising in Asian coins. Biography Errington grew up in Potchefstroom in South Africa and gained a diploma at the Joh ...

* Warren Esty *

Helen Farquhar Helen Laura Farquhar (1859 – 1953) was a British numismatist and a founder member of the British Numismatic Society in 1903. Farquhar served on the British Numismatic Society Council many times from 1910-1946 and was Vice-President at various ...

Giuseppe Fiorelli Giuseppe Fiorelli (7 June 1823 – 28 January 1896) was an Italian archaeologist. His excavations at Pompeii helped preserve the city. Biography Fiorelli was born on 7 June 1823 in Naples. His initial work at Pompeii was completed in 1848. He wa ...

Martin Folkes Martin Folkes PRS FRS (29 October 1690 – 28 June 1754), was an English antiquary, numismatist, mathematician, and astronomer. Life Folkes was born in Westminster on 29 October 1690, the eldest son of Martin Folkes, councillor at Law.Albe ...

* Julius Friedländer * Nina Andreevna Frolova (1936–2015) *

Andrea Fulvio Andrea Fulvio (in his Latin publications and correspondence Andreas Fulvius; c. 1470–1527) was an Italian Renaissance humanist, poet and antiquarian active in Rome, who advised Raphael in the reconstructions of ancient Rome as settings for his ...

Raffaele Garrucci Raffaele Garrucci (22 January 1812 – 5 May 1885) was a historian of Christian art. He was born in Naples to a wealthy family, entered the Society of Jesus at the age of fifteen, and was professed on 19 March 1853. He devoted himself to the study ...

* H.U. Geiger *

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Girish Chandra Girish Chandra (born 15 January 1964) is an Indian politician who has been a Member of Lok Sabha for Nagina since 2019. Political career In March 2019, Mahagathbandhan, the grand alliance of Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Rashtriya ...

Shpresa Gjongecaj Shpresa Gjongecaj Vangjeli (born 6 February 1952) is an Albanian archaeologist and numismatist, who was the Director of the Institute of Archaeology at the Academy of Albanological Studies from 2008 to 2013. She is the recipient of the Vermeil T ...

Francesco Gnecchi Francesco Gnecchi (8 September 1847, Milan – 15 June 1919, Rome) was an Italian painter and numismatist. Biography Born into a wealthy family in the silk trade, the artist initially studied law at the University of Pavia before enlisting as a v ...

Giovanni Gorini Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

* Michael Grant (1914–2004) *

Philip Grierson Philip Grierson, FBA (15 November 1910 – 15 January 2006) was a British historian and numismatist, emeritus professor of numismatics at Cambridge University and a fellow of Gonville and Caius College for over seventy years. During his long an ...

(1910–2006) *

Claude Gros de Boze Claude Gros de Boze (28 January 1680 – 10 September 1753) was a French scholar and numismatist. Biography De Boze was born at Lyon. Studying in Lyon and Paris, and settling in the latter around 1700, he gained the support of Nicolas-Joseph ...

* P.L. Gupta (Parmeshwari Lal Gupta) (1914–2001) * Tony Hackens *

Wolfgang Hahn Wolfgang Hahn (April 30, 1911 – January 10, 1998) was a German mathematician who worked on special functions, in particular orthogonal polynomials. He introduced Hahn polynomials, Hahn difference, Hahn q-addition (or Jackson-Hahn-Cigler q-add ...

Nicola Francesco Haym Nicola Francesco Haym (6 July 1678 – 31 July 1729) was an Italian opera librettist, composer, theatre manager and performer, literary editor and numismatist. He is best remembered for adapting texts into libretti for the London operas of Geo ...

(1678–1729) *

Barclay Vincent Head Barclay Vincent Head (1844–1914) was a British numismatist and keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum.

(1844–1914) *

Stefan Heidemann Stefan Heidemann (born 1961 in Versmold in Westphalia) is a German orientalist at Hamburg University, Hamburg. Biography Islamic studies including Islamic Art and economics in Regensburg, Berlin, Damascus and Cairo 1982–1993; Ph.D. in Islam ...

David Hendin David Bruce Hendin (born December 16, 1945) is an expert American numismatist specializing in ancient Jewish and Biblical coins and their archaeology. Throughout his career, Hendin has also been known as a medical journalist, newspaper columnist ...

* George Hill (1867–1948) * Thomas Hockenhull * Chris Howgego * Octavian Iliescu (1919–2009) * Lutz Ilisch * Peter Ilisch *

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(1838–1920) * Lyce Jankowski * Kenneth Jenkins (1918–2005) * A. Johnston *

Mark Jones (museum director) Sir Mark Ellis Powell Jones (born 5 February 1951) is a British art historian, numismatist and museum director. He was Master of St Cross College, Oxford, from 2011-2016. Previously, from 2001 to 2011, he was director of the Victoria and Albe ...

* Hans-Jörg Kellner (1920–2015) * John Kent (1928–2000) * Ryszard Kiersnowski (1925–2006) *

Ulrich Klein Ulrich (), is a German given name, derived from Old High German ''Uodalrich'', ''Odalric''. It is composed of the elements '' uodal-'' meaning "(noble) heritage" and ''-rich'' meaning "rich, powerful". Attested from the 8th century as the name of Al ...

Koray Konuk Koray is a Turkish given name. It is composed of "Kor" and "Ay". In Turkish "Kor" means "Ember" and "Ay" means "Moon". Thus, "Koray" means "a moon in the colour of ember". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Koray Aldemir, German ...

* Andrzej Kunisz * Jean Lafaurie (1914–2008) *

Georges Le Rider Georges Charles Le Rider (27 January 1928 – 3 July 2014) was a French historian, librarian and administrator, a specialist in Greek numismatics, who headed the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. He had a filial relationship with Hen ...

(1928–2014) *

Ivar Leimus Ivar Leimus (born 3 June 1953) is an Estonians, Estonian historian and numismatist. In 1979 he graduated from Tartu University in history. Since 1976 he has worked for Tartu University. Since 2003 he is the chairperson of the Estonian Academic ...

* Nicholas Lowick * George MacDonald (1862–1940) * Brita Malmer (1925–2013) *

Joel L. Malter Joel Lawrence Malter (May 9, 1931 – June 5, 2006), an internationally known dealer in ancient coins and antiquities, became a recognized expert, scholar and pioneer in these fields. Career Upon graduating from the University of California at ...

Harold Mattingly Harold Mattingly (24 December 1884 – 26 January 1964) was a British classical scholar, specialising in art history and numismatics. His interests included the history of Ancient Rome, Etruscan and Roman currency, and the Roman historian Taci ...

* Nicholas Mayhew * Andrew Meadows *

Tony Merson Robert Anthony "Tony" Merson (1950–2016) was a British numismatist and philatelist, with a particular interest in the coins of medieval France. Life Robert Anthony Merson F.C.A. was born on 22 May 1950. He attended Farnham Grammar School, 19 ...

(1950–2016) * Ya'akov Meshorer (1935–2004) *

Michael Metcalf David Michael Metcalf (8 May 1933 – 25 October 2018) was a British academic and numismatist. He was the director of the Heberden Coin Room of the Ashmolean Museum, a fellow of Wolfson College and Professor of Numismatics at the University of ...

* William Metcalf * Vincenco Mirabella (1570–1624) * Jens-Christian Moesgaard *

Theodor Mommsen Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (; 30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classics, classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19 ...

* T. Sam N. Moorhead * Cécile Morrisson *

B. N. Mukherjee Bratindra Nath Mukherjee (1 January 1932 – 4 April 2013) was an Indian historian, numismatist, epigraphist and iconographist, known for his scholarship in central Asian languages such as Sogdian. He was a Carmichael Professor of Ancient I ...

(1932–2013) *

A. K. Narain Awadh Kishore Narain (A. K. Narain, 28 May 1925 – 10 July 2013) was an Indian historian, numismatist and archaeologist, who published and lectured extensively on the subjects related to South and Central Asia. He was well known for his book ...

(1925–2013) *

Edward T. Newell Edward Theodore Newell (1886–1941) was a U.S. numismatist. He served as the president of the American Numismatic Society between 1916 and 1941. He was awarded the medal of the Royal Numismatic Society in 1925, the first American recipient. ...

Eric P. Newman Eric Pfeiffer Newman (May 25, 1911 – November 15, 2017) was an American numismatist. He wrote several "works about early American coins and paper money considered the standards on their subjects", as well as hundreds of articles. Newman sold his ...

Rosa Norström Rosa Norström (13 November 1860 - 24 May 1944) was a Swedish numismatist and museum curator at the Royal Coin Cabinet, who published an account of the discovery of a hoard of 646 Roman denarii in Gotland. Biography Born Rosa Strokirk on 13 ...

* Ernest Oberlaender *

Carlo Ottavio, Count Castiglione Count Carlo Ottavio Castiglioni (1784-1849) was an Italian philologist and numismatist. Life He was born of an ancient family at Milan, Italy, in 1784. He was descended from Baldassare Castiglione, the author of ''Il Cortegiano''. Early in life ...

* Bernhard Overbeck (1942–2018) * Filippo Paruta (–1629) * Vasiliki Penna (1951–2018) *

Pippa Pearce Philippa Mary Pearce is a senior Conservator-restorer, conservator at the British Museum. She is particularly known for her work on coin hoards found in England and was awarded an Order of the British Empire, MBE for services to metal conservation ...

Elizabeth Pirie Elizabeth Jean Elphinstone Pirie (14 September 1932 – 1 March 2005) was a British numismatist specialising in ninth-century Northumbrian coinage, and museum curator, latterly as Keeper of Archaeology at Leeds City Museum from 1960–91. She wr ...

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* Adrian Popescu * * Vsevolod M. Potin (1918–2005) * Constantin Preda (1925–2008) * Martin Price (numismatist) * P.P. Ripolles * Louis Robert * Anne Strachan Robertson (1910–1997) *

Desiré-Raoul Rochette Desiré-Raoul Rochette (March 6, 1790 – July 3, 1854), was a French archaeologist. Born at Saint-Amand in the department of Cher, Raoul Rochette received his education at Bourges. In 1810, he obtained a chair of grammar in the Lyceum Louis-le ...

* A. Rovelli *

Joaquín Rubio y Muñoz Joaquín Rubio y Muñoz (27 July 1788 – 30 November 1874) was a Spanish lawyer who was a noted antiquarian and numismatist in the city of Cádiz, Spain. He built up a library of manuscripts and rare books and in particular was known for his exte ...

Eduard Rüppell Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon Rüppell (20 November 1794 – 10 December 1884) was a German naturalist and explorer. Rüppell is occasionally transliterated to "Rueppell" for the English alphabet, due to german orthography. Biography Rüppell was b ...

* Andrea Saccoci *

Antonio Salinas Antonio Salinas is a Mexican dancer, choreographer and stage actor. He has studied and collaborated with Mexican and international artists and has taught in a number of universities at home and abroad. In 1999, he was named one of the best dancers ...

* Simone Scheers *

Gustave Schlumberger Léon Gustave Schlumberger (17 October 1844 – 9 May 1929) was a French historian and numismatist who specialised in the era of the crusades and the Byzantine Empire. His ' (1878–82) is still considered the principal work on the coinage of the c ...

Edith Schönert-Geiß Edith Schönert-Geiß (7 August 1933, Dresden - 12 June 2012, Berlin) was a German numismatist, who specialised in the classical coinage of Thrace and was instrumental in the post-war re-establishment of the Corpus Nummorum. Biography Edith Sc ...

* Dietrich W.H. Schwarz (1913–2000)https://www.inc-cin.org/obituaries.html * Jirí Sejbal (1929–2004) *

Charles Seltman Charles Theodore Seltman PhD (4 August 1886 – 28 June 1957) was an English art historian and writer particularly in the area of numismatics. Charles Seltman was born in Paddington, London, England on 4 August 1886 to Ernest John Seltman ...

Camillo Serafini Camillo Serafini (April 21, 1864 – March 21, 1952) was an Italian Marquis and the only Governor of Vatican City from 11 February 1929 – 21 March 1952.He was a noted numismatist. The Marquis and Cardinal Domenico Serafini, Prefect of Pro ...

* Jules Silvestre (1841–1918) *

Adolf Soetbeer Adolf Soetbeer (23 November 1814 – 22 October 1892) was a German economist, born at Hamburg. In 1840 he became librarian and in 1843 Secretary of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, where he laid the foundation of the excellent system of commercia ...

* Dmitry Sontsov *

Frederic Soret Frederic may refer to: Places United States * Frederic, Wisconsin, a village in Polk County * Frederic Township, Michigan, a township in Crawford County ** Frederic, Michigan, an unincorporated community Other uses * Frederic (band), a Japanese r ...

* Attilo Stazio (1923–2010) *

Johann Gustav Stickel Johann Gustav Stickel (7 July 1805 – 21 January 1896) was a German theologian, orientalist and numismatist at Jena University. Biography Stickel was born in Eisenach in 1805. He went to school in Buttelstedt and in Weimar. In his youth ...

Stanislaw Suchodolski Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, Cal ...

* Charles Surasky *

Ioannis Svoronos Ioannis N. Svoronos ( el, Ιωάννης Ν. Σβορώνος; Mykonos, 15 April 1863 – Athens, 25 August 1922) was a Greek archaeologist and numismatist. Life Ioannis Svoronos was born in 1863 on the island of Mykonos. After completing schoo ...

(1863–1922) * Francois Thierry (numismatist) * Rudi Thomsen (1918–2004) * * Victor Tourneur *

Lucia Travaini Lucia Travaini (born 1953) is an Italian numismatist, archaeologist, and academic. She is Associate Professor of Medieval and Modern Numismatics at the University of Milan. Life Travaini studied archaeology at the Sapienza University of Rome. She ...

Oluf Gerhard Tychsen Oluf (Olaus) Gerhard Tychsen (14 December 1734, Tønder, then Schleswig, now Denmark – 30 December 1815, Rostock, then Mecklenburg-Schwerin, now Germany) was a German Orientalist and Hebrew scholar. He is known today as one of the founding fath ...

* Leandre Villaronga i Garriga (1919–2015) * Johan van Heesch *

Dorothy B. Waage Dorothy Boylan Waage (January 8, 1905 - December 11, 1997) was an American numismatist, who published the catalogue of 14,000 Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Crusader coins excavated by Princeton University in the 1930s. This has been described as "th ...

* Helen Wang *

Raymond Weiller Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...

* Gareth Williams *

Yordanka Youroukova Yordanka Nikoleva Youroukova (; 19 January 1936 – 31 March 2012) was a Bulgarian archaeologist and numismatist, who was a corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Biography Youroukova was born in 1936 in Sofia. In 1960, she ...

* Benedikt Zaech *

Jörgen Zoega Jörgen is a village in the municipality of Tieschen in the ''Bezirk'' of Südoststeiermark in the Federal State of Styria in Austria. Its population was 159 in 2016. Jörgen is known for its fine white wines. Next to the more common white w ...

Mohit Kapoor Mohit is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Mohit Abrol, Indian television actor * Mohit Ahlawat (actor) (born 1982), Indian actor * Mohit Ahlawat (cricketer) (born 1995), Indian first-class cricketer * Mohit Aron (born 1973), In ...

* Alexander Nikolaevich Zograf

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