Bernhard Karl von Koehne

Bernhard Baron Karl von Koehne, Russia Бернгард ( Борис ) Васильевич Кёне ( Berngard (or Boris ) Valisil'evič Kene ), ( born July 4, 1817 in Berlin, † February 17, 1886 in Würzburg ) was a German numismatist and heraldry.

After visiting the Friedrich-Wilhelms Gymnasium in his hometown Koehne studied since 1837 at the Universities of Berlin and Leipzig. In Berlin, he received his doctorate in 1840 and worked from 1844 to 1845 as Associate Professor of Numismatics at the Berlin University, where he read Numismatics and Heraldry of the Middle Ages. In 1841 he founded the " Journal of coin, sealing and heraldry" and in 1843 co-founder of the Numismatic Society of Berlin. In 1845 he went to the Imperial Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, where he among other things, Director of numismatic department was. In addition, he began a catalog of the art collection of the Hermitage. In 1868 he was appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of Hermitage. A large number of valuable works, particularly on ancient coinage and the German Middle Ages belonged to his work. His main work, he published about the ancient numismatics of Pontus, the Bosphorus and the Crimea.

He also worked for the Russian Herald's Office and went to the Russian Heraldry deserves, for which he was knighted. In 1857 he became director of the Heraldic Department of the Russian Senate.

Writings

  • Berlin papers for coin, sealing and heraldry, Berlin 1863 - 1873 ( digitized )
  • The coinage of the city of Berlin, Berlin 1837 online
  • De numis Friderici II electoris Brandenburgici, Berlin 1840 ( = dissertation)
  • The coinage of the Mark of Brandenburg Elector Frederick II, Berlin 1841
  • The only coin of the Brandenburg Elector Albrecht Achilles, Berlin 1845
  • About the Russian Empire found in Western coins of X, XI and XII century, St. Petersburg 1850
  • Исследования по истории и нумизматике греч. поселений в России, равно как царств Понтийского и Босфора Киммерийского, St. Petersburg 1857
  • Description du musée de feu le prince Kotschoubey Basile, St. Petersburg, 1857, 2 volumes
  • Исследование об истории и древностях г. Херсонеса Таврического, St. Petersburg 1848
  • Notice sur les sceaux et les armorial de la Russie, Volume I, Berlin 1861
  • About the double-headed eagle, Berlin 1871
  • Catalogue de la Galerie des tableaux. Ermitage Impérial, Petersburg, second édition, Vol 1: Les écoles germaniques, Vol 2: Les écoles anglaise, française et russe, St. Petersburg, 1885-1887
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