Soheir Bakhoum

Soheir Bakhoum, also Suhayr Salīm Bāẖūm (1 April 1947 – 19 June 2003 ) was an Egyptian-French numismatist, who specialised in Roman Alexandria. A festschrift dedicated to Bakhoum was published in 2008 and entitled Aegyptiaca serta in Soheir Bakhoum memoriam: mélanges de numismatique, d'iconographie et d'histoire.

Biography Born in Alexandria in 1947, followed by a PhD in 1986 from Paris-Sorbonne University. A former curator of the Greco-Roman Museum in Alexandria, where she worked from 1970 to 1974, Her 1999 work on the Antonine period in Alexandria, was described by Francois Planet as "ce livre est simple et accessible. L'auteur a procédé avec méthode et employé les meilleurs outils pour nous offrir l'accès à ce dossier complexe [...this book is simple and accessible. The author has proceeded methodically and used the best tools to give us access to this complex area]". although a review by Erik Christiansen was less favourable, citing mistakes in identification. Georges Le Rider described the volume as "bien fait [well done]" with explicit descriptions, and he hoped this volume would be followed by others fully describing the collection.

Bakhoum died in Paris in 2003, after a long illness. Soheir Bakhoum, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France 4. Department des Monnaies, Medailles et Antiques. Alexandrie I. Auguste - Trajan. (1998)