Eva Kolníková (née Eva Valentová, born 20 April 1935) is a Slovak

numismatist A numismatist is a specialist, researcher, and/or well-informed collector of numismatics, numismatics/coins ("of coins"; from Late Latin , genitive of ). Numismatists can include collectors, specialist dealers, and scholar-researchers who use coi ...

. She specialises in the

Celtic coinage Celtic coinage was minted by the Celts from the late 4th century BC to the mid 1st century AD. Celtic coins were influenced by trade with and the supply of mercenaries to the Greeks, and initially copied Greek designs, especially Macedonian coi ...

of Slovakia, as well as the importance of coinage with relation to Roman-Germanic interactions. She has had marked success in disentangling the complex relationships between the coinages and publishing them accessibly. Research projects have included the cataloguing of coin finds from Němčice nad Hanou, the

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hoard, amongst others. Kolníková was born in the village of Klokočov, which is now a part of the town

Příbor Příbor (; ) is a town in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,300 inhabitants. The historic centre of Příbor is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument reservation. Adminis ...

. Her parents were teachers. She was the first out of six siblings. Kolníková graduated from

Comenius University Comenius University Bratislava () is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th-century ...

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in 1960. From 1973 to 1978 she was head of Department at the Institute of Archeology of the

Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( , MTA) is Hungary’s foremost and most prestigious learned society. Its headquarters are located along the banks of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. The Academy's primar ...

. From 1978 to 1986 she was its scientific secretary. She is a member of the National Numismatic Committee of the Slovak Republic. Her husband was an archaeologist.

Awards

* 1995

Ľudovít Štúr Ľudovít Štúr (; 28 October 1815 – 12 January 1856), also known as Ľudovít Velislav Štúr, was a Slovak revolutionary, politician, and writer. As a leader of the Slovak nationalism, Slovak national revival in the 19th century and the c ...

Golden Plaque of the SzTA

Selected works

* Kolníková, Eva. "Coins of the Bohemian and Moravian Celts within the area of La Tène settlement in present‑day Slovakia–reasons and consequences of their occurrence." ''Studia Hercynia'' 26.1 (2022): 133-157. * Kolníková, Eva. "Němčice." ''Ein Macht-, Industrie-und Handelszentrum der Latènezeit in Mähren und Siedlungen am ihren Rande. Komentierter Fundkatalog. Münzen. Spisy Archeologického ústavu AV ČR Brno'' 43 (2012). * Kolníková, Eva. "«Biatec-Münzen» und die spätkeltische Kunst." ''Études celtiques'' 37.1 (2011): 63-80. * Kolníková, Eva. ''Die Markomannenkriege im Lichte der Fundmünzen aus der Slowakei''. Archäol. Inst. der Akad. der Wiss. der Tschechischen Republik Brno, 1994.

References

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