Michel Amandry (born in 1949) is a French numismatist.
Career
Michel Amandry, the son of the archaeologist
Pierre Amandry, studied in Strasbourg and Paris, where in 1979 he received his doctorate at the
Sorbonne. From 1991 to September 2013 he was director of the
Cabinet des Médailles, the Department of Coins, Medals and Antiquities of the
Bibliothèque nationale de France
The Bibliothèque nationale de France (, 'National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository ...
. He also teaches numismatics as 'directeur d'études' in the
École pratique des hautes études in Paris.
His research focus is the numismatics of the
Roman Empire.
Michel Amandry is a corresponding member of the
Austrian Academy of Sciences and of the
German Archaeological Institute. as well as a member of numerous national numismatic societies. He was awarded the and the
Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society in 2004.
From 2003 to 2009, he was President of the International Numismatic Council/ Conseil international de numismatique.
Histoire du CIN
Furthermore, he has been involved in the publication of numerous numismatic writings since 2003. He was publisher and co-editor of the biennial ''Survey of Numismatic Research'' and editor and co-author of the ''Dictionnaire de numismatique'' published in 2001.
Selected publications
*1978: ''Trésor trouvé en Macédoine, monnaies impériales grecques'',
*1981: ''Le Monnayage de Dymé (Colonia Dumaeorum) en Achaïe, corpus'',
*1983: ''Le Monnayage augustéen de Leptis Minor : Byzacène'',
*1988: ''Le Monnayage des duovirs corinthiens'', (thesis)
*1990: ''Anatolie antique : fouilles françaises en Turquie''
*1991: with Andrew Burnett and others: ''Roman Provincial Coinage'' vol. 1,
*1993: ''Coinage production and monetary circulation in Roman Cyprus'',
*1994: ''The romanization of Hellenistic coinages in the Mediterranean East'',
*1999: avec Andrew Burnett and others: ''Roman provincial coinage'' vol. 2,
*2001: ''Dictionnaire de numismatique'',
*2003: ''A survey of numismatic research : 1996 - 2001'',
*2009: ''A survey of numismatic research : 2002 - 2007'',
*2009: ''Trésors de la Gaule et de l'Afrique du Nord au IVe siècle de notre ère'' (= ''Trésors monétaires'' vol. 23).
References
External links
Writings by Michel Amandry on academia.edu
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French numismatists
Academic staff of the École pratique des hautes études
Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
1949 births
Living people