François Thierry de Crussol, known by his Chinese name 蒂埃里 (''Di Ali''), is a French

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 ...

, specialising in East Asian currency.

Career

Thierry is honorary curator at the Département des Monnaies et Médailles,

Bibliothèque nationale de France The (; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites, ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository of all that is published in France. Some of its extensive collections, including bo ...

. Before retirement he was curator of Oriental coins, and a leading scholar in this field, having produced several well-received books, catalogues of the BnF collection, and numerous articles relating to East Asian numismatics.

Awards and honours

*2024 - Awarded the Lhotka Prize for ''Chinese Numismatics - the world of Chinese money'' (co-authored with

Helen Wang Helen Kay Wang (; ; born 1965) is an English sinologist and translator. She works as curator of East Asian Money at the British Museum in London. She has also published a number of literary translations from Chinese, including an award-winning t ...

and

Lyce Jankowski Lyce Jankowski (born 1982) is a numismatist, specialising in East Asia, and an art historian, specialising in Chinese material culture. Career Jankowski graduated in Classics (Licence and Maitrise at the Université Paris-Sorbonne), in Chinese ( ...

) *2017 Awarded the Prix Hirayama - by the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

- for his book ''Les monnaies de la Chine ancienne, des origines à la fin de l'Empire'' (Paris, Les Belles-Lettres, 2017). *2006 Awarded 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 ...

Publications

This is a selection of Thierry's works. Selected Books * 2017 - ''Les monnaies de la Chine ancienne, des origines à la fin de l'Empire'' (Paris, Les Belles-Lettres) * 2016 - ''Royaume du lion, ceylan connu des chinois des origines à la fin des song''.(Turnhout: Brepols Publishers) * 2016 - (with A.C. Fang, eds) ''The Language and Iconography of Chinese Coin Charms: Deciphering a Past Belief System (Berlin and Heidelberg: Springer)'' * 2014 - ''Le Trésor de Huê, Une face cachée de la colonisation de l'Indochine'' (Paris: Nouveau Monde éditions) * 2014 - ''Monnaies chinoises, IV- Des Liao aux Ming du Sud'' (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France) * 2013 - ''La Ruine du Qin, Ascension, triomphe et mort du premier empereur de Chine'' (Paris: La Librairie Vuibert) * 2003 - ''Monnaies chinoises, II- Des Qin aux Cinq Dynasties'' (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France) * 2002 - ''Catalogue des monnaies vietnamiennes- Supplément'' (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France) * 2001 - (with M. Amandry, M. Dhénin, M. Popoff and C. Vellet) ''Dictionnaire de Numismatique'' (Paris: Larousse) * 1997 - ''Monnaies chinoises, I- L'Antiquité préimpériale'' (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France) * 1995 - ''Les monnaies chinoises de Pacifique Chardin'' (Lille) * 1992 - ''Monnaies de Chine'' (Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale) * 1988 - ''Catalogue des monnaies vietnamiennes'' (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale) * 1987 - ''Amulettes de Chine et du Vietnam, rites magiques et symbolique de la Chine ancienne'' (Paris: Le Léopard d'or) * 1986 - ''Monnaies d'Extrême Orient'' (Paris: Administration des monnaies et médailles) Selected Articles * 2011 - "The Confucian Message on Vietnamese Coins A closer look at the Nguyễn dynasty's large coins with moral maxims", ''Numismatic Chronicle'' 171, pp. 367–406. * 2007 - "Identification of the Nguyên Thông Coins of the Cảnh Hirng Period (1740 -1786)", ''Numismatic Chronicle'' 167, pp. 237–241.

References

External links

Thierry on AcademiaThierry on Worldcat
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