François de Callataÿ


François de Callataÿ is a Belgian ancient historian, professor at the École pratique des hautes études, who has written significant studies of coinage and finance in the ancient Mediterranean world.

Life and career

Callataÿ was born in Uccle, Belgium, on 13 June 1961. He was educated at the, and went on to study Archaeology and Art History at the Université catholique de Louvain. He went on to specialise in the study of ancient Greek money, presenting a doctoral dissertation in 1988. In 1991 he was appointed to the medals collection of the Royal Library of Belgium, becoming director of the collection in 1994. In 2006 he was appointed over-all head of the patrimonial collection of the Royal Library.
In 1995 and 2003 he was visiting professor of the Summer Seminar of the American Numismatic Society. Since 1998 he has lectured once a week at the École pratique des hautes études. He is a member of the Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium.

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