Edith Schönert-Geiß

Edith Schönert-Geiß (7 August 1933, Dresden – 12 June 2012, Berlin) was a German numismatist, who specialised in the classical coinage of Thrace and was instrumental in the post-war re-establishment of the Corpus Nummorum.

Biography Edith Schönert was born on 7 August 1933 in Dresden. After she graduated from secondary school there, Schönert moved to Berlin to study History at Humboldt University.

In 1960, Schönert-Geiß was awarded a doctorate from Humboldt University for research on the provincial coinage of Perinthus.

Schönert-Geiß taught at both the Free University and at Humboldt University. One of her last publications was a comprehensive bibliography of Thracian coinage, which was monumental in its scope, with 9350 references.

Personal life After her marriage, she took the name Geiß for personal matters, but published her academic work under the name Schönert-Geiß. The Coinage of Byzantion: Volumes 1 & 2 (Berlin/Amsterdam 1972) The Coinage of Bisanthe - Dikaia - Selymbria (Berlin, 1972) with Karl Matthiae: Münzen aus der urchristlichen Umwelt (Berlin, 1981) The Coinage of Maroneia (Berlin, 1987) Ancient coins. Collection HAS (= from the collections of the Winckelmann Society in Stendal. Volume 1). Stendal 1989. The Coinage of Augusta Traiana and Traianopolis (Berlin, 1991) Bibliography on Ancient Numismatics of Thrace and Moesia (Berlin, 1999)