Tag: Personalia (Researchers / Collectors / Dealers)

Coin dealer Robert E. White recently passed away. He was a regular appearance at numismatic events all over the world. His colleague and friend, Texan coin dealer Jeffrey S. Zarit, shares some personal memories of Bob White.

Robert Brueggeman has been Executive Director of the Professional Numismatists Guild for 27 years. In 2023 he will retire and John Feigenbaum was chosen as his successor. The Greysheet editor already gave a clear statement on potential members.

David Lisot was a pioneer when it came to imparting numismatic knowledge via videos. Many coin show visitors knew him as an always polite and modest gentleman, who was constantly carrying his video camera along. Now David Lisot has passed away unexpectedly. Ursula Kampmann commemorates him.

Katalin Bíró-Sey was a curator of the Ancient Coin Collection in the Coin Cabinet of the Hungarian National Museum. For ten years she also worked in the Royal Coin Cabinet in Oslo. Now Bíró-Sey passed away aged 89. Melinda Torbágyi remembers her.

Jerome Eisenberg was an institution of the international antiquities trade. His ethical principles left a lasting mark on the collectors’ world. He has now passed away at the age of 92. Ursula Kampmann remembers him.

On 7 May 2022, the renowned and award-winning numismatist Maria Radnoti-Alföldi passed away. One of her numerous students, Frank Berger, commemorates her.

The numismatist and Arabist Lutz Ilisch has been honoured with the Festschrift “Studia Numismatica et Islamica in Honorem Lutz Ilisch” on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Almost 20 authors contributed to the publication.

On 7 May 2022, Maria Radnoti-Alföldi died at the age of 95. The German-Hungarian numismatist and ancient historian influenced generations of scholars.

On 13 April 2022, Dagmar Tietjen, the heart and soul of Hamburg-based coin dealership Tietjen + Co., suddenly and unexpectedly passed away. Ursula Kampmann remembers her.

The American Numismatic Society will have a new Deputy Director. Nathan T. Elkins, currently Associate Professor of Art History, will be taking over this position in summer 2022.