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…

The Prague grossi with the name of Louis I are classified in two groups: the pieces struck in the government mint in Kuttenberg and the nongovernment coins produced by the Schlick family in the newly opened mint in Joachimsthal. The typology designed by J. Hásková (1971) does not cover all recently…

Two commemorative medals in the Numismatic Department of the National Museum are recently connected with foundation of the Loretto Chapel in Hájek by the Žďárský family of Žďár in 1623. The presented article documents changes in attribution in favor of the St. Florian Chapel in Kladno (1630), based…

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…