71-1-2

2016/71/1-2

ISSN : 0029-6074
Editor in Chief : Mgr. Lenka Vacinová, Ph.D.

K zobrazení Tarpeie na římských mincích / Image of Tarpeia on Roman Coins

Relatively rare representations of the Punishment of Tarpeia on Roman Republican denarii and in Basilica Aemilia Frieze are discussed considering the historical background and literary records, and they are confronted with iconographical schemes and parallels from the Greek mythology regarding them…

Významné jubileum předního českého numismatika, historika a muzejníka Eduarda Šimka (*1936) / Important anniversary of the leading Czech numismatist, historian and museum person – Eduard Šimek (*1936)

On February 22, 2016, the Czech numismatist, historian and museum person Eduard Šimek celebrated his important anniversary – his 80th birthday. Between 1963 and 2005, he spent some 43 years in the National Museum in Prague; first of all, he served as a curator of the numismatic department, and since…