Wolfgang Hahn (Numismatist)

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Wolfgang Hahn (born March 12, 1945 in Hermannsreuth) is an Austrian numismatist and was Professor of Numismatics at the University of Vienna from 1990 to 2010 .

Life

In Vienna he studied history, classical philology and numismatics. In 1969 he received his doctorate and in 1980 he completed his habilitation in numismatics and monetary history. From 1971 to 1990 he worked for the Austrian Academy of Sciences on the Byzantine Studies research area. In 1990 he succeeded Robert Göbl Professor at the Institute for Numismatics (since 2000 “Institute for Numismatics and Monetary History”) at the University of Vienna. In 2010 he retired ; Reinhard Wolters was his successor .

In addition to Byzantine numismatics, Hahn's research focuses on numismatics from the 8th to 12th centuries in the greater Bavaria area and the coins from Aksum . Hahn has been a corresponding member of the American Numismatic Society since 1983.

Awards

Publications

  • Type catalog of the coins of the Bavarian dukes and electors. 1506-1805. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig 1971.
  • Carnuntum. (Municipalities Petronell, Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, City Hainburg) (= The coins found in the Roman period in Austria. Dept. 3: Lower Austria. Vol. 1 = Austrian Academy of Sciences. Publications of the Numismatic Commission. 6). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1976, ISBN 3-7001-0127-9 .
  • Moneta Imperii Byzantini. Reconstruction of the embossing structure on a synoptic-tabular basis. 3 volumes. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1973–1981;
    • Volume 1: From Anastasius I to Justinianus I (491-565). Including the Ostrogothic and Vandal coinage (= Austrian Academy of Sciences. Publications of the Numismatic Commission. 1 = Austrian Academy of Sciences. Philosophical-Historical Class. Memoranda. 109). 1973, ISBN 3-7001-0005-1 ;
    • Volume 2: From Justinus II. To Phocas (565–610). Including the issues of the Heraclius revolt and with supplements to volume 1 (= Austrian Academy of Sciences. Publications of the Numismatic Commission. 4 = Austrian Academy of Sciences. Philosophical-Historical Class. Memoranda. 119). 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0096-5 ;
    • Volume 3: From Heraclius to Leo III., Sole government (610–720). With supplements to the 1st and 2nd volume (= Austrian Academy of Sciences. Publications of the Numismatic Commission. 10 = Austrian Academy of Sciences. Philosophical-Historical Class. Memoranda. 148). 1981, ISBN 3-7001-0400-6 .
  • Moneta Radasponensis. Bavaria's coinage in the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig 1976, ISBN 3-7814-0194-4 .
  • The eastern coinage of the Roman Empire in the 5th century. (408–491) (= Austrian Academy of Sciences. Publications of the Numismatic Commission. 20 = Austrian Academy of Sciences. Philosophical-Historical Class. Memoranda. 199). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-1537-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hubert Emmerig : New Numismatic Professorship in Vienna. CoinsWeekly of November 18, 2010.
  2. ^ "Nobel Prize" in Numismatics 2007 goes to Wolfgang Hahn . Article in the online university newspaper , accessed November 26, 2009

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personal data
SURNAME Hahn, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian university professor for numismatics at the University of Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Hermannsreuth