Peter Robert Franke

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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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary from the Numismatic Society of Berlin eV Accessed on January 13, 2019 .
personal data
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