Pierre Bastien

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Pierre Charles Victor Bastien (born March 9, 1912 in Lille , † May 13, 2010 in Princeton ) was a French surgeon and numismatist . Bastien gained importance as a numismatist through his research on the late Roman imperial mint of Lyon and on the bronze coins of the Postumus in the Gallic Empire . His catalogs on this are now considered standard numismatic works.

life and work

Bastien obtained his doctorate in medicine in 1937 and practiced as a surgeon in Dunkerque until his retirement in 1977. He then moved to live with his children in New Jersey, where he lived and researched not far from Princeton University until his death. Bastien was married to his wife for six decades and had three children.

Bastien gained importance through his research on late Roman numismatics. Between 1955 and 1996 he published more than 182 papers on this. His focus was initially on the evaluation of Roman coin finds (for example the 3256 coin find from Thibouville together with Hans-Georg Pflaum ). In 1964 he published a first standard work on the coinage of the counter-emperor Magnentius . 1965–1967 he was president of the Société Française de Numismatique . Another standard work followed in 1967 on the bronze coins of the Postumus in the Gallic Empire. When he received his doctorate in history in 1972 , his first of six volumes on the late Roman mint of Lyon appeared, which he researched extensively for another 15 years. At an advanced age, Bastien devoted himself to researching Roman imperial busts on coins.

In 1977 he was elected a corresponding member of the British Academy .

Publications (selection)

  • Le monnayage de Magnence (350-353). Wetteren 1964
  • Le monnayage de bronze de postume. Éditions Cultura, Wetteren, 1967.
  • Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon. - Dioclétien et ses corégents avant la réforme monétaire (285–294). Éditions Numismatique romaine, Wetteren 1972.
  • Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon. - De la réouverture de l'atelier par Aurélien à la mort de Carin (fin 274 - mi-285). Éditions Numismatique romaine, Wetteren 1976.
  • Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon. - De la réforme monétaire de Dioclétien à la fermeture temporaire de làtelier en 316 (294-316). Éditions Numismatique romaine, Wetteren 1980.
  • Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon. - De la réouverture de l'atelier en 318 à la mort de Constantin (318–337). Éditions Numismatique romaine, Wetteren 1982.
  • Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon. - De la mort de Constantin à la mort de Julien (337-363). Éditions Numismatique romaine, Wetteren 1985.
  • Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon. - You règne de Jovien à la mort de Jovin (363-413). Éditions Numismatique romaine, Wetteren 1987.
  • Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon. - Suppl. I. Le médaillon de plomb de Lyon. (The Lyon lead medallion ) Éditions Numismatique romaine, Wetteren 1989.
  • Le buste monétaire des empereurs romains. 3 volumes, Wetteren 1992–1994.

literature

  • Georges Gautier: Pierre Bastien. In: Conseil international de numismatique. Compte rendu. Volume 57, 2010, pp. 58-60 ( PDF ).
  • Georges Gautier: Pierre Bastien (9 March 1912 - 13 May 2010). In: Revue numismatique. Volume 167, 2011, pp. 7-14 ( online ).
  • Carmen Arnold-Biucchi: Pierre Bastien, le collectionneur. Homage personnel. In: Revue numismatique. Volume 171, 2014, pp. 11-15 ( online ).
  • Georges Gautier: Pierre Bastien (1912-2010), "le savant et l'humaniste". In: Revue numismatique. Volume 171, 2014, pp. 17-19 ( online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sylviane Estiot, Vincent Drost, Julie Dalaison: Avant-propos. In: Revue numismatique. Volume 171, 2014 (= Actes de la Table Ronde: Autour de l'oeuvre de Pierre Bastien. Monnayage impérial romain - Corpus - Ateliers. 13-14 May 2013, Lyon ), p. 9 f., Here p. 9 ( online ).
  2. ^ Pierre Bastien, Hans-Georg Pflaum: La trouvaille de monnaies romaines de Thibouville (Eure). In: Gallia . Volume 19, 1961, pp. 71-104 ( online ).
  3. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed May 2, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Bastien, Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bastien, Pierre Charles Victor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Lille
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 2010
Place of death Princeton