Eduard Julius Theodor Julius Friedländer (June 25, 1813 – April 4, 1884) was a German

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 numismatist.

Biography

He was born on June 25, 1813 in Berlin

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. Friedländer's entire family embraced Christianity

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 in 1820. After studying at the universities of Bonn

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 and Berlin

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, and traveling in Italy

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 (1838–1839), he obtained a position at the Königliche Sammlung der Antiken-Münzen in Berlin in 1840. During his travels to Italy (1844–1847) with his friend Theodor Mommsen

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 he acquired further numismatic material which he brought to Berlin. In 1868 he became director

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 of the numismatic section of the Berlin Museum. In 1872 he was elected a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences

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.

From his literary remains Rudolf Weil published Repertorium zur Antiken Numismatik, a supplement to Théodore Edme Mionnet's Description des Médailles Antiques, Berlin, 1885.

Literary works

Besides numerous papers in numismatic journals, he wrote:

• "Die Münzen des Johanniterordens auf Rhodos", (English: Coins of the Knights of Rhodes), Berlin, 1843
• "Die Münzen Justinians", (with Moritz Pinder), (English: Coins of Justinian), 1843
• "Die Münzen der Ostgothen", (English: Coins of the Ostrogoths), ib. 1844
• "Die Münzen der Vandalen", (English: Coins of the Vandals), ib. 1849
• "Die Oskischen Münzen", (English: Oscan Coins), Leipzig, 1850
• "Das Königliche Münzkabinet", (with Von Sallet), (English: The Royal Coin Cabinet), 2d ed., Berlin, 1877
• Supplement, 1882
• "Die Italienischen Schaumünzen des 15. Jahrhunderts", (English: Italian Medals of the 15th Century), ib. 1880-82
• "Verzeichnis von Griechischen Münzen, Welche aus Modernen Stempeln Geprägt Sind", (English: List of modern Greek coins and stamps), ib. 1883