Secondina_Cesano

Secondina Cesano

Secondina Cesano

Italian numismatist


Secondina Lorenza Eugenia Cesano (16 February 1879 - 13 August 1973) was an Italian numismatist and professor of numismatics at the Sapienza University of Rome.[1][2]

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Biography

Cesano originally studied at the Sapienza University of Rome. In 1902 she won a competition and gained a role at the National Roman Museum. In 1907 she gained habilitation in numismatics at Sapienza.[1] She also worked on numismatics in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples and the National Museum of Ravenna.[2] In 1912, at the foundation of the Istituto italiano di numismatica, Cesano was appointed to the board of directors, later becoming its extraordinary commissar from 1943 to 1944.[1]

Cesano was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society.[3]

Select publications

  • 1904 (with Adolf Schulten and Dante Vaglieri) L'Africa romana. Rome: Albrighi.
  • 1915. Il medagliere dell'ex-Museo Kircheriano. Parte I, Monete fuse. Roma : Presso la sede dell'Istituto.
  • 1921. "La zecca di Roma", Rassegna d'arte antica e moderna 21, 361–368.
  • 1957. Catalogo della collezione numismatica di Carlo Piancastelli. Forlí : Soc. Tipo litografia forlivese.

References

  1. Parise, Nicola (1980). "CESANO, Secondina Lorenza Eugenia". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 24.
  2. Rosati, Francesco Panvini, ed. (2004). "SECONDINA LORENZA CESANO". BOLLETTINO DI NUMISMATICA (PDF) (in Italian). Vol. 37. pp. 331–337.
  3. R. A. G. Carson; Hugh Pagan (1986). "Honorary Fellows". A History of the Royal Numismatic Society 1836-1986 & Record of Members and Fellows (PDF). Royal Numismatic Society. p. 141.

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