Edith Schönert-Geiß

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Edith Schönert-Geiß (born August 7, 1933 in Dresden ; † June 12, 2012 in Berlin ) was a German numismatist . Her specialty was the ancient Greek coins, especially from Thrace .

Life

After graduating from high school in Dresden, Edith Schönert studied history at the Humboldt University in Berlin . At the age of 23 she got a job on September 1, 1956 at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR ( Central Institute for Ancient History and Archeology ), where she has since worked at the resumed Greek Mint , most recently as head of the department.

After their marriage, she took the name Geiß, but published under the double name Schönert-Geiß. In 1960 it was with a dissertation on the provincial coinage of the city Perinthus at Humboldt University doctorate . Her habilitation on the early silver coinage of Byzantion followed in 1966.

For her services to research into Greek coinage, she was made an honorary member of the Romanian Numismatic Society in 1963 and an honorary member of the Numismatic Society of Stara Zagora in Bulgaria in 1987. The city of Stara Zagora granted her honorary citizenship .

When she retired on August 31, 1998, she was honored with a commemorative publication.

Publications

  • The coinage of Perinthos (= Greek mint. Writings of the Section for Classical Studies. Volume 45). Text and panel volume, Berlin 1965.
  • The coinage of Byzantion (= Greek mint. Writings on the history and culture of antiquity. Volume 2). Part 1: Autonomous Time. Text and plate volume, Berlin / Amsterdam 1970. Part 2: Imperial times. Text and table book, Berlin / Amsterdam 1972.
  • The coinage of Bisanthe - Dikaia - Selymbria (= Greek mint. Writings on the history and culture of antiquity. Volume 13). Berlin / Amsterdam 1970 (2nd edition 1972).
  • with Karl Matthiae: Coins from the early Christian environment. Berlin 1981.
  • The coinage of Maroneia (= Greek mint. Writings on the history and culture of antiquity. Volume 26). Text and panel volume, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-05-000226-3 .
  • Ancient coins. Collection HAS (= from the collections of the Winckelmann Society in Stendal. Volume 1). Stendal 1989.
  • The coinage of Augusta Traiana and Traianopolis (= Greek mint. Writings on the history and culture of antiquity. Volume 31). Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-05-000940-3 .
  • Bibliography on ancient numismatics of Thrace and Moesia . Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-05-003286-3 .

A list of the published articles and reviews can be found in the 1998 Festschrift.

literature

  • Ulrike Peter: Stephanos nomismatikos. Edith Schönert-Geiss on her 65th birthday. Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-05-003294-4 (with list of publications).
  • Ulrike Peter: Edith Schönert-Geiss (1933–2012). In: Compte rendu. Commission Internationale de Numismatique , Volume 59, 2012, pp. 76-77.

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personal data
SURNAME Schönert-Geiss, Edith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schönert-Geiss, Edith; Schönert, Edith (maiden name); Goat, Edith (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 2012
Place of death Berlin