Ivar Leimus

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Ivar Leimus

Ivar Leimus (born June 3, 1953 in Võru , Estonian SSR ) is an Estonian numismatist and historian.

Life

Leimus studied at the University of Tartu until 1976 and has since worked at the Estonian History Museum (Eesti Ajaloomuuseum) in Tallinn . Since 2006 he has been its deputy director. In 1989 he received his PhD. Leimus published, also in German, especially on topics of the coinage and monetary history of the Baltic States from the Middle Ages to modern times.

Awards

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

  • Livonia's coinage in the 16th century. (1515–1581 / 94) (= Stockholm Studies in Numismatics. 1). Stockholm Numismatic Institute, Stockholm University 1995, ISBN 91-972706-0-1 .
  • The coin find by Kose from the second quarter of the 12th century. Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 1986.
  • with Arkadi Molvõgin: Estonian Collections. Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman and later British Coins (= Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles. 51). Oxford University Press et al., Oxford et al. 2001, ISBN 0-19-726220-1 .
  • as editor: Land role of the Duchy of Ehstland (= Thesaurus historiae. 1). Facsimile edition. Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn 2007.
  • Sylloge of Islamic coins 710/1 - 1013/4 AD. Estonian public collections (= Thesaurus historiae. 2). Estonian History Museum, Tallinn 2007, ISBN 978-9949-15-255-1 .

Web links

Commons : Ivar Leimus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Estonian State Decorations . The President of the Republic of Estonia. February 23, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  2. ^ Georg Sänger: Annual General Meeting of the Society for International Monetary History (GIG) . In: Monetary History News . tape 54 , no. 304 , July 2019, p. 196-197 .
personal data
SURNAME Leimus, Ivar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian numismatist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Võru , Estonian SSR