List of well-known numismatists
The list of well-known numismatists collects people who have either completed their habilitation in the subject of numismatics (coinage), or who are particularly interested in researching a sister discipline (e.g. classical philology , ancient history , classical archeology , provincial Roman archeology , Byzantine studies , papyrology or epigraphy ) Concerned with numismatics, as authors on numismatics, or otherwise contributed to the study of coins and other sources explored by numismatics.
Only numismatists who have researched all of numismatics are expressly entered in this list. Autodidacts, collectors, amateurs and basic researchers in the subject should be entered in a separate list at the end of the regular list.
A.
- Rainer Albert (German, * 1949)
- Stephen Album (American, born 1942)
- Carmen Alfaro Asins (Spanish, 1952-2005)
- Peter van Alfen (American)
- Andreas Alföldi (Hungarian, 1895–1981)
- Maria R.-Alföldi (Hungaro-German, * 1926)
- Martin Allen (British, born 1956)
- Michael Alram (Austrian, * 1956)
- Michel Amandry (French, born 1949)
- Marion M. Archibald (Scottish woman, 1935–2016)
- Radu Ardevan (Romanian, * 1951)
- Donald Ariel (Israeli)
- Joseph von Arneth (Austrian, 1791–1863)
- Carmen Arnold-Biucchi (Swiss)
- Paul Arnold (German)
- Ermanno A. Arslan (Italian, * 1940)
- Richard Ashton (British, born 1946)
- Philipp Attwood (British)
- Hans Sylvius von Aulock (German, 1906–1980)
- Francesco Maria Avellino (Italian, 1778–1850)
B.
- Ernest Babelon (French, 1854-1924)
- Jean Babelon (French, 1889–1978)
- Emil Bahrfeldt (German, 1850–1929)
- Max von Bahrfeldt (German, 1856–1936)
- Hans Roland Baldus (German, 1942-2011)
- Paul Balog (Hungaro Italian, 1900–1982)
- Dan Barag (Israeli, 1935-2009)
- John Penrose Barron (British, 1934-2008)
- Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (French, 1716–1795)
- Pierre Bastien (French, 1912-2010)
- Nikolai Bauer (Russian / Soviet citizen, 1888–1942)
- Gottlieb Siegfried Bayer (German-Russian, 1694–1738)
- Karl Wilhelm Becker (German, 1772–1830)
- Martin Beckmann (Canadian)
- Heinrich Behrens (German, 1828–1913)
- Alfred R. Bellinger (American)
- Denyse Bérend (French)
- Frank Berger (German, * 1957)
- Peter Berghaus (German, 1919–2012)
- Charles Ernest Beulé (French, 1826–1874)
- Mark Blackburn (British, 1953-2011)
- Adrien Blanchet (French, 1866–1957)
- Roger Bland (British)
- Hansjörg Bloesch (Swiss, 1912–1992)
- Friedrich Bodenstedt (German, 1906–1982)
- Jarosław Bodzek (Pole)
- Christof Boehringer (German, * 1934)
- Erich Boehringer (German, 1897–1971)
- Mateusz Bogucki (Pole, * 1973)
- Marc Bompaire (French, born 1957)
- Osmund Bopearachchi (Sri Lanka)
- Bartholomeo Borghesi (Italian, 1781–1860)
- Lore Börner (German, 1928–2011)
- Clemens Bosch (German, 1899–1955)
- Luigi Bernabò Brea (Italian, 1910–1999)
- Laura Breglia (Italian, 1912-2003)
- Agnes Baldwin Brett (American, 1876–1955)
- Günther Brockmann (German, 1931-2018)
- Guido Bruck (Austrian, 1920–1966)
- Patrik Bruun (Finn)
- Heinrich Buchenau (German, 1862–1931)
- Henrich Buck (German, 1866–1939)
- Andrew Burnett (British)
- Aleksander Bursche (Pole, * 1956)
- Kevin Butcher (British)
- Theodore V. Buttrey, Jr. (American, 1929-2018)
C.
- Maria Caccamo Caltabiano (Italian, * 1946)
- Erich B. Cahn (German, later Swiss, 1913–1993)
- Herbert A. Cahn (German, later Swiss, 1915–2002)
- Romolo Calciati (Italian, 1924-2014)
- François de Callataÿ (Belgian, * 1961)
- Alberto Campana (Italian, * 1947)
- Heinrich Philipp Cappe († 1862)
- Jennifer Cargill Thompson or Jennifer Warren (British, 1931-2016)
- Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson (British, 1918-2006)
- Karel Castelin (Czech, 1903–1981)
- Celestino Cavedoni (Italian, 1795–1865)
- Anne-Claude-Philippe, Comte de Caylus (French, 1692–1765)
- Hasan Ceka (Albanian, 1900-1998)
- Jérémie Chameroy (* 1976)
- Heinrich Chantraine (German, 1929–2002)
- Karl Christ (German, 1923-2008)
- Henry Christmas (English, 1811–1868)
- Henri Cohen (French, 1806-1880)
- Esprit Marie Cousinéry (French, 1747–1833)
- Joe Cribb (British, born 1947)
- Michael Crawford (British, born 1939)
- Reiner Cunz (German, born 1958)
- Aldina Cutroni Tusa (Italian, 1923-2016)
D.
- Karsten Dahmen (German, * 1969)
- Hermann Dannenberg (German, 1824–1905)
- Giovanni Dattari (Italian, 1858-1923)
- Jelena Abramovna Dawidowitsch (Russian, 1922-2013)
- Jean-Luc Dengis (Belgian, * 1950)
- Günther Dembski (Austrian, * 1943)
- Vassilios Demetriadis (Greek)
- Georges Depeyrot (French)
- Harald Derschka (German, * 1969)
- Gerd Dethlefs (German, born 1958)
- Adolphe Dieudonné (French, 1868–1945)
- Ömer Diler (Turk, 1945-2005)
- Wolfgang Dobras (German, * 1960)
- Richard Doty (American)
- Ulf Dräger (German, * 1965)
- Heinrich Dressel (German, 1845–1920)
- Frédérique Duyrat (French, * 1970)
E.
- Joseph Hilarius Eckhel (Austrian, 1737–1798)
- Kay Ehling (German)
- Nathan T. Elkins (American)
- Georg Elmer (Austrian, 1908–1944)
- Hubert Emmerig (German, * 1958)
- Sebastiano Erizzo (Italian, 1525–1585)
- Eberhard Erxleben (German, 1925-2010)
- Sylviane Estiot (French, * 1956)
- Jane DeRose Evans (American)
- Sir Arthur J. Evans (British, 1851-1941)
- Sir John Evans (British, 1823-1908)
- Carl Friedrich Evers (German, 1729–1803)
F.
- Günter Felke (German, 1929–2005)
- Eduard Fiala (Czech, 1855-1925)
- Giuseppe Fiorelli (Italian, 1823-1896)
- Thomas Fischer (German, 1944–1994)
- Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert (German, * 1965)
- Leonard Forrer (Swiss-British, 1869–1953)
- Robert Forrer (Swiss, 1866–1947)
- Gisela Förschner (German, 1929–2011)
- Jean Foy-Vaillant (French, 1632–1706)
- Peter Robert Franke (German, 1926-2018)
- Suzanne Frey-Kupper (Swiss citizen, * 1958)
- Ferdinand Friedensburg (German, 1858–1930)
- Benoni Friedländer (German, 1773-1858)
- Julius Friedländer (German, 1813-1884)
- Hans von Fritze (German, 1869-1919)
- Erasmus Fröhlich (Austrian, 1700–1758)
- Wilhelm Fröhner (German, 1835–1925)
- Nina Frolova (Russian, 1936-2015)
- Willy Theodor Fuchs (German, 1917–1994)
- Andreas E. Furtwängler (German, * 1944)
G
- Ettore Gabrici (Italian, 1868–1962)
- Hugo Gaebler (German, 1868–1947)
- Richard Gaettens (German, 1886-1965)
- Percy Gardner (British, 1846-1937)
- Salvatore Garraffo (Italian, * 1950)
- Hans-Ulrich Geiger (Swiss)
- Anne Geiser (Swiss)
- Angelo Geissen (German)
- Theodor Gerassimov (Bulgarian, 1903–1974)
- Walther Giesecke (German, 1864-?)
- Karl Josef Gilles (German, 1950–2018)
- Haim Gitler (Israeli, * 1962)
- Shpresa Gjongecaj (Albanian)
- Francesco Gnecchi (Italian, 1847-1919)
- Robert Göbl (Austrian, 1919–1997)
- Hubert Goltz (German, 1526–1583)
- Joachim Gorecki (German)
- Giovanni Gorini (Italian, * 1941)
- Philip Grierson (British, 1910-2006)
- Sidney William Grose (British, 1886–1980)
- Hermann Grote (German, 1802–1895)
- Karl Ludwig Grotefend (German, 1807–1874)
- Herbert Appold Grueber (British, 1846–1927)
- Susanne Grunauer-von Hoerschelmann
- Rainer Grund (German)
- Nicolae Gudea (Romanian, 1941-2019)
H
- Tony Hackens (Belgian, 1939-1997)
- Ernst Justus Haeberlin (German, 1847-1925)
- Wolfgang Hahn (Austrian, * 1945)
- Chrysostomus Hanthaler (Austrian, 1690–1754)
- Gert (German, 1928–2017) and Vera Hatz (German, 1923–2010)
- Peter B. Hauser (Austrian, * 1942)
- Sigibert Havercamp (Dutch, 1684–1742)
- Walter Hävernick (German, 1905–1983)
- Barclay Vincent Head (British, 1844-1914)
- Johan van Heesch (Belgian)
- Hubert Herzfelder (Austrian, 1911–1964)
- Wolfgang Heß (German, 1926–1999)
- Bror Emil Hildebrand (Swede, 1806-1884)
- Sir George Francis Hill (British, 1867-1948)
- Jacob Hirsch (German or Swiss, 1874–1955)
- Robert Hoge (American)
- Robert Ross Holloway (American, * 1934)
- Wilhelm Hollstein (German, * 1960)
- Oliver David Hoover (Canadian, * 1972)
- Adolf Horchler (German, 1849–1929)
- Rudolf Höfken von Hattingsheim (Austrian, 1861–1921)
- Arthur Houghton (American, * 1940)
- Christopher Howgego (British, born 1957)
- Silvia Mani Hurter (Swiss, 1933-2009)
I.
- Lutz Ilisch (German, * 1950)
- Peter Ilisch (German, * 1947)
- Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer (Swiss, 1838–1920)
J
- Kurt Jaeger (German, 1909–1975)
- Gilbert Kenneth Jenkins (British, 1918-2005)
- Wilhelm Jesse (German, 1887–1971)
- Ann Johnston (British, 1944-2010)
- Jan Hendrik Jongkees (Dutch, 1913-1967)
- Kenneth Jonsson (Swede, * 1950)
- Paul Joseph (German, 1849-1923)
- Marcel Jungfleisch (French, 1878–1958)
- Helmut Jungwirth (Austrian)
K
- Leo Kadman [b. Kaufmann] (German-Israeli, 1895–1963)
- Hans-Markus von Kaenel (Swiss, * 1947)
- Jonathan Kagan (American)
- Helmut Kahnt (German, * 1945)
- Michalis L. Kambanis (Greek)
- Ursula Kampmann (German, * 1964)
- Stefan Karwiese (Austrian, * 1941)
- Arnold Keller (German, 1897–1972)
- Hans-Jörg Kellner (German, 1920–2015)
- Fleur Kemmers (Dutch, * 1977)
- John Kent (British, 1928-2000)
- Josef Khell (Austrian, 1714–1772)
- Simone Killen (German)
- Arie Kindler (Israeli, 1920-2014)
- Philip Kinns (British)
- John M. Kleeberg (American)
- Ulrich Klein (German, * 1942)
- Ernst Klie (German, * 1941)
- Dietrich Klose (German, * 1955)
- Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (German, 1726–1789)
- Niklot Klüßendorf (German, * 1944)
- Bernd Kluge (German, * 1949)
- Bernhard Koch (Austrian)
- Ulrich Köhler (German, 1838–1903)
- Bernhard von Koehne (German, 1817–1886)
- Holger Komnick (German)
- Konstantinos Konstantopoulos (Greek, 1874–1943)
- Koray Konuk (Turk, * 1968)
- Sergej Kovalenko (Russian, * 1960)
- Colin M. Kraay (British, 1918–1982)
- Konrad Kraft (German, 1920–1970)
- Tyll Kroha (German, 1929-2015)
- John H. Kroll (American, * 1938)
- Stefan Krmnicek (German)
- Hans Krusy (German, 1905–1985)
- Wilhelm Kubitschek (Austrian, 1858–1936)
- Harald Küthmann (German, 1922–2013)
L.
- Léon Lacroix (Belgian, 1909-2016)
- Jean Lafaurie (French, 1914-2008)
- Victor Langlois (French, 1829–1869)
- Henri de La Tour (French, 1855-1913)
- Bernhard Laum (German, 1884–1974)
- Philipp Lederer (German, 1872–1944)
- Ivar Leimus (Este, * 1953)
- Joachim Lelewel (Pole, 1789–1861)
- François Lenormant (French, 1837-1883)
- Georges Le Rider (French, 1928-2014)
- Wolfgang Leschhorn (German, * 1950)
- Johann Jakob Leitzmann (German, 1798–1877)
- Katerini Liampi (Greek)
- Josef Liegle (German, 1893–1945)
- August Ritter von Loehr (Austrian, 1847–1917)
- August Ritter von Loehr (Austrian, 1882–1965)
- Catharine Lorber (American, * 1945)
- Johann Wilhelm Ludwig von Luce (German, 1756–1842)
- Albéric Duc de Luynes (French, 1802–1867)
- Arnold Luschin von Ebengreuth (Austrian, 1841–1932)
M.
- George MacDonald (British, 1862-1940)
- Josef von Mader (Austrian, 1754–1815)
- Brita Malmer (Swedish, 1925-2013)
- Giacomo Manganaro (Italian, 1927-2016)
- Dietrich Mannsperger (German, * 1933)
- Evangeline Markou (Cypriot)
- Rodolfo Martini (Italian, * 1943)
- Charles Masson (British, 1800-1853)
- Harold Mattingly (British, 1884-1964)
- Harold B. Mattingly (British, 1923-2015)
- Michael Matzke (German)
- Hermann Maué (German, * 1943)
- John MF May (British, –1961)
- Andrew Meadows (British)
- Manfred Mehl (German, * 1939)
- Paul Jonas Meier (German, 1857-1946)
- Ortwin Meier (German, 1881–1941)
- Dorothea Menadier (German, 1891-19 ??)
- Julius Menadier (German, 1854-1939)
- Karl Menadier (German, 1889-1914)
- Yaʿaḳov Meshorer (Israeli, 1935-2004)
- David Michael Metcalf (British, 1933-2018)
- William E. Metcalf (American)
- Mariusz Mielczarek (Pole)
- Leo Mildenberg (German-Swiss, 1913-2001)
- George C. Miles (American, 1904-1975)
- J. Grafton Milne (British, 1867-1951)
- Théodore-Edme Mionnet (French, 1770–1842)
- Vincenzo Mirabella (Italian, 1570-1624)
- Salvatore Mirone (Italian)
- Peter Franz Mittag (German, * 1966)
- Jens-Christian Moesgaard (Dane, * 1963)
- Theodor Mommsen (German, 1817–1903)
- Andreas David Mordtmann (German, 1811–1879)
- Otto Mørkholm (Dane, 1930–1983)
- Cécile Morrisson (French, * 1940)
- Aliki Moustaka (Greek, * 1958)
- Carl Ludwig Müller (Dane, 1809-1891)
- Rudolf Münsterberg (Austrian, 1864–1926)
- Friedrich Münter (German, 1761-1830)
N
- Paul Naster (Belgian, 1913–1998)
- Elisabeth Nau (German, 1916-2010)
- Lucien Naville (Swiss, 1880-1956)
- Stefan Nebehay (Austrian, * 1950)
- Franz Neumann (Austrian, 1744–1816)
- Edward T. Newell (American, 1886-1941)
- Eric P. Newman (American, born 1911)
- Hélène Nicolet-Pierre (French, * 1930)
- Harald Nilsson (Swede, * 1942)
- Sydney P. Noe (American, 1885-1969)
- Georg Heinrich Noehden (German, 1770–1826)
- Johannes Nollé (German, * 1953)
- Hans-Christoph Noeske (German)
- Alfred Noss (German, 1855-1947)
O
- Mando Oikonomidou (Greek, 1929-2015)
- Paolo Orsi (Italian, 1859-1935)
- Jacob Philippe d'Orville (French, 1696–1751)
- Bernhard Overbeck (German, 1942-2018)
P
- Borys Paszkiewicz (Pole, born 1959)
- Charles Godmother (French, 1633–1693)
- Rudolf Paulsen (Austrian, 1893–1975)
- Evgeni Paunov (Bulgarian, * 1972)
- Richard Payne Knight (British, 1750-1824)
- Joseph Pellerin (French, 1684–1782)
- Vassiliki Penna (Greek)
- Markus Peter (Swiss, * 1960)
- Ulrike Peter (German, * 1966)
- Matthias Pfisterer (Austrian, * 1971)
- Olivier Picard (French, born 1940)
- Albert Pick (German, 1922-2015)
- Behrendt Pick (German, 1861–1940)
- Moritz Eduard Pinder (German, 1807–1871)
- Karl Pink (Austrian, 1884-1965)
- Arent Pol (Dutch, born 1951)
- Stanley Poole (British, 1854-1931)
- Achilleus Postolakas (Greek, 1821-1897)
- Enrica Pozzi (Italian, 1936-2010)
- Constantin Preda (Romanian, * 1925)
- Martin Jessop Price (British, 1939-1995)
- Ilya Prokopov (Bulgarian, * 1952)
- Seleni Psomá (Greek)
- Rainer Pudill (German)
R.
- Désiré Raoul-Rochette (French, 1789-1854)
- Oscar E. Ravel (Italian, 1877-1949)
- Kurt Regling (German, 1876–1935)
- Adolf Reifenberg (Israeli, 1899–1953)
- Théodore Reinach (French, 1860–1928)
- Viktor von Renner (Austrian, 1846–1943)
- Serafino Ricci (Italian, 1867-1943)
- Jürg Richter (Swiss, * 1963)
- Pere Pau Ripollès Alegre (Spaniard, * 1953)
- Giulio Emanuele Rizzo (Italian, 1865–1950)
- Louis Robert (French, 1904–1985)
- Anne Strachan Robertson (British, 1910-1997)
- Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson (British, 1887–1976)
- Holger Rosenberg (German, 1955-2001)
- Neville Keith Rutter (British)
S.
- Ursula Schachinger (Austrian)
- Antonino Salinas (Italian, 1841-1914)
- Alfred von Sallet (German, 1842-1897)
- Dieter Salzmann (German, * 1950)
- Arthur Sambon (French, 1867-1947)
- Simone Scheers (Belgian, * 1943)
- Nikolaus Schindel (Austrian, * 1973)
- Franziska Schmidt-Dick (Austrian, * 1944)
- Edith Schönert-Geiß (German, 1933–2012)
- Friedrich Freiherr von Schrötter (German, 1862–1944)
- Hans Dietrich Schultz (German, * 1934)
- Sabine Schultz (German, * 1937)
- Willy Schwabacher (German, 1897–1972)
- Philipp Schwinghammer (Austrian)
- David Sellwood (British, 1925-2012)
- Charles Theodore Seltman (British, 1886–1957)
- Domenico Sestini (Italian, 1750-1832)
- Henri Seyrig (French, 1895–1973)
- Kenneth Sheedy (Australian)
- Fabrizio Sinisi (Italian, * 1972)
- Jan Pieter Six (Dutch, 1824–1899)
- Andreas Urs Sommer (Swiss, * 1972)
- Ezechiel Spanheim (German, 1629-1710)
- Marguerite Spoerri Butcher (Swiss)
- Alan Michael Stahl (American, * 1947)
- Clive Stannard (British)
- Attilio Stazio (Italian, 1923-2010)
- Wolfgang Steguweit (German, * 1944)
- Anton von Steinbüchel (Austrian, 1790–1883)
- Theodor Stenzel (German, 1824-1894)
- Frank Sternberg (Swiss citizen, born November 13, 1912 Berlin; † 1994)
- Christian Stoess (German, * 1959)
- Max L. Strack (German, 1867-1914)
- Paul L. Strack (German, 1904–1941)
- Pierre Strauss (Swiss, 1922–1995)
- Karl Strobel (German, * 1954)
- Stanisław Suchodolski (Polish, * 1936)
- Arthur Suhle (German, 1898–1974)
- CHV Sutherland (British, 1908–1986)
- Edward Allen Sydenham (British, 1873-1948)
- Ioannis N. Svoronos (Greek, 1863-1922)
- Wolfgang Szaivert (Austrian)
T
- Oğuz Tekin (Turk, * 1958)
- François Thierry (French, * 1950)
- Margaret Thompson (American, 1911-1992)
- Rudi Thomsen (Dane, 1918-2004)
- Melinda Torbágyi (Hungarian, * 1955)
- Ioannis Touratsoglou (Greek)
- Lucia Travaini (Italian)
- Hyla Troxell (American)
- Dimitra I. Tsangari (Greek)
- Lauri Oskar Theodor Tudeer (Finnish, 1884–1955)
U
- Hans-Jürgen Ulonska (German * 1954)
V
- Irini Varoucha-Christodoulou (Greek, 1896–1979)
- Richard Vasmer (Russian, 1888–1938)
- Cornelius C. Vermeule (American, 1925-2008)
- Leandre Villaronga Garriga (Spanish, 1919-2015)
- Novella Vismara (Italian)
- Paolo Visonà (Italian)
- Michalis P. Vlastos (Greek, 1874–1936)
- Simone Vogt (German)
- Nikolaus Adaukt Voigt (Böhme, 1733–1787)
- Friedrich August Voßberg (German, 1800–1870)
- Klaus Vondrovec (Austrian, * 1976)
W.
- William Henry Waddington (French, 1826-1894)
- Nancy M. Wagoner (American, 1924–1989)
- Alan S. Walker (American)
- John Walker (British, 1900-1964)
- Uta Wallenstein (German)
- Helen Wang (British)
- Ute Wartenberg Kagan (German)
- Markus Weder (Swiss, 1953-2016)
- Liselotte Weidauer (German)
- Rudolf Weil (German, 1848–1914)
- Joseph Weingärtner (German, 1805-1896)
- Wolfram Weiser (German)
- Christian Weiss (Swiss, * 1975)
- Bernhard Weisser (German, * 1964)
- Gerhard Welter (German, 1907–1989)
- Markus Wesche (German)
- Leopold Welzl von Wellenheim (Austrian, 1773–1848)
- Ulla Westermark (Swedish, * 1927)
- Rainer Wiegels (German, * 1940)
- David Wigg-Wolf (British, born 1956)
- Roderick T. Williams (British, 1916-2009)
- Georg Wimmelmann (German, 1906–1983)
- Heinz Winter (Austrian)
- Eva Wipplinger (German, * 1928)
- Richard B. Witschonke (American, 1945-2015)
- Reinhard Wolters (German, * 1958)
- Bernhard Woytek (Austrian, * 1974)
- Warwick Wroth (British, 1858-1911)
- Waldemar Wruck (German, 1902–1971)
Y
- Jordanka Youroukova (Bulgarian, 1936–2012)
Z
- Benedikt Zäch (Swiss, * 1959)
- Volker Zedelius (German, 1942–1994)
- Bernward Ziegaus (German, * 1963)
- Alexander Zograph (Russian, 1889–1942)
- Carl-Friedrich Zschucke (German, * 1938)
- Reinhold Zilch (German, * 1952)
See also the numismatists who have received the following honors:
- Archer M. Huntington Medal
- Eligius Prize
- Honorary award of the Society for International Monetary History
- Royal Numismatic Society Medal