Peter Robert Franke
Peter Robert Franke (born November 2, 1926 in Lüdenscheid ; † December 30, 2018 in Berlin ) was a German ancient historian and numismatist .
Life
Franke studied ancient history with Helmut Berve in Munich and Erlangen and received his doctorate in 1956 with a thesis on Epirus . In 1961 he completed his habilitation in Erlangen with a thesis on the coins of Epirus and worked there as a private lecturer in ancient history. In 1964 he became senior scientific advisor at the Athens Department of the German Archaeological Institute , and in 1967 he was a lecturer in Munich. In the same year he accepted a professorship for Ancient History at Saarland University , which he held until his retirement in 1994. He was a member of the Numismatic Commission of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany and an honorary member of the Bavarian Numismatic Society .
Ancient numismatics was a focus of Franke's work. In 1964, for example, he published a widespread illustrated book on The Greek Mint with photographs by Max Hirmer . He worked on several volumes of the series Die Fundmünzen der Romanzeit in Deutschland and Sylloge nummorum Graecorum . In 1988 he received the Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society and in 1992 the Archer M. Huntington Medal . Franke was a full member of the German Archaeological Institute.
portrait
- 1996 cast bronze medal, 102 mm. Medalist: Carl Vezerfi-Clemm . Literature: German Society for Medal Art, Volume 18, 2003, Page 172, No. 17, illustration.
Fonts (selection)
- Ancient Epirus and the kingdom of the Molossians. Lassleben, Kallmünz 1955.
- The ancient coins of Epirus. Volume 1. Poleis, Tribes and Epirotian League up to 27 BC Chr. Text and panel tape. Steiner, Wiesbaden 1961.
- Portraits of Roman emperors in the coin image. Recordings by Max Hirmer . Hirmer, Munich 1961.
- The Greek coin. Recordings by Max Hirmer. Hirmer, Munich 1964. 2nd edition 1972, ISBN 3-7774-2530-3 .
- Asia Minor in Roman times. Greek life in the mirror of the coins. Beck, Munich 1968.
- Albania in antiquity (= ancient world . Special number). Raggi, Feldmeilen 1983.
- with Margret Karola Nollé: The Homonoia coins of Asia Minor and the Thracian fringes. Volume 1. Saarbrücker Druck- und Verl., Saarbrücken 1997, ISBN 3-930843-26-9 .
- with Helmut Meyer, J. Schäffer: Domestic Pigs in Greco-Roman Antiquity. A morphological and cultural-historical study. Isensee, Oldenburg 2004, ISBN 3-89995-083-6 .
literature
- Wolfgang Leschhorn (Ed.): Hellas and the Greek East. Studies on the history and numismatics of the Greek world. Festschrift for Peter Robert Franke on his 70th birthday . Saarbrücker Dr. und Verlag, Saarbrücken 1996, ISBN 3-930843-12-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Robert Franke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Complete list of publications .
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary from the Numismatic Society of Berlin eV Accessed on January 13, 2019 .
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SURNAME | Franke, Peter Robert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ancient historian and numismatist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1926 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludenscheid |
DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 2018 |
Place of death | Berlin |