Numismatist · Cataloguer · Museum staff · Scholar
Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson
fl. 1930–1977 · United Kingdom
British numismatist and cataloguer, active 1930–1977. Worked with Porphyrios Dikaios and F. Pryce.
Life and work
- 1930–1933Published British Museum acquisitions for 1930-31 and 1933-34 in Numismatic Chronicle, describing Marion coins including a Sasmai/Sasamarios stater.
- 1934Wrote the note on two Cypriot silver staters (Lapethus and Golgi?) from a Larnaca hoard in the British Museum Quarterly, 1934; printed there as F. G. Robinson.
- 1935British Museum numismatist who revised Dikaios's 1935 Larnaca hoard article and examined the hoard pieces on the London market.
P. Dikaios, 1935, A Hoard of Silver Cypriot Staters from Larnaca, p. 165 n. 1
- 1935–1948Acting Deputy Keeper of Coins and Medals at the British Museum who published with P. Dikaios the Larnaca hoard of archaic silver Cypriot staters (Numismatic Chronicle 1935), dated an Idalion coin from a Marion tomb, and in 1948 published the British Museum's Lapethos coins, including a stater of King Demonikos.
American Numismatic Society, ANS Numismatic Notes and Monographs, nos. 79-82 (1938)
- 1935Co-authored with P. Dikaios a note on a silver stater of Idalium, Cyprus, in NC 1935.
- 1935Published notes on the Lamaca hoard of silver Cypriot staters in Numismatic Chronicle, 1935.
The Egypt Exploration Fund, Journal Of Egyptian Archaeology Vol.22 (1936)
- 1935Published a 1935 Numismatic Chronicle article on the hoard of silver Cypriot staters from Larnaca, and whose assessment that nine coins were in too poor a state to keep is cited.
Michel Amandry, A propos du trésor de Chypre, 1934/35 (IGCH 1277) (1986), p. 38
- 1935Published 'Notes on the Larnaca hoard' in Numismatic Chronicle, 1935, on a Cypriot coin hoard.
- 1935Published 'Notes on the Larnaca Hoard' (Numismatic Chronicle, 1935), on a hoard of Cypriot silver staters.
Markus Egetmeyer, Le dialecte grec ancien de Chypre (2010), p. 883
- 1938–1948Published British Museum coins acquired 1938–1948, including a stater with a Cypriote character, which he linked to a Cypriote origin.
- 1938Owned an object ('coin', reg. 1938,1007.287), now in the British Museum.
British Museum collection online, 'coin', reg. 1938,1007.287
- 1947Published a unique Cypriot stater of the British Museum (acquired 1947) with a Heracles-and-bull type, and proposed an interpretation of its obverse as a double axe.
Michel Amandry, Un statère inédit de Golgoi (?) au Cabinet des Médailles (1991), p. 2
- 1948Published 1948 article on Greek coins acquired by the British Museum, including Kings of Lapethos coins from Cyprus, and identified the Lapethus stater naming King Demonicus.
American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Literature (1952-1953) (1951)
- 1948Published new coin evidence (NC 1948) with a Phoenician inscription showing king Demonikos belonged to Lapethos, not Kition.
- UndatedDescribed with Dikaios the Larnaca hoard of silver Cypriot staters.
- UndatedCo-described with Mr. Dikaios a hoard of silver Cypriot staters from Lamnaca, buried soon after 500 B.C.
- UndatedCo-published the Lamaka hoard and suggested a link between Onasagoras and the coins of series (b).
W.m. Calder, Anatolian Studies Presented To William Hepburn Buckler (1939)
- UndatedRe-examined the silver coin of Idalion found in the dromos of a Marion tomb with the Cypriot torso and proposed a date before 500 B.C.
- UndatedActing Deputy Keeper in the British Museum Department of Coins and Medals who advised on and revised the Larnaca hoard article.
- UndatedCo-published a note on a silver stater of Idalium with P. Dikaios.
- UndatedListed mints represented in the Kabul Hoard, including Amathus, and published the hoard in Iraq XII; discussed Cypriot coins from it.
- UndatedActing Deputy Keeper in the Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, who advised on details of the Larnaca hoard article.
- UndatedPublished notes on the Larnaca Board of coins; footnote reference only.
- UndatedIdentified the young male figure on the Marion coin as a youth and proposed the name Phrixos in Numismatic Chronicle articles.
- UndatedDescribed the Oxford Ashmolean example of the winged-disc coin, whose legend was studied.
- UndatedPublished 'Notes on the Larnaca hoard' (Numismatic Chronicle, 1935) and notes on the Larnaca hoard reprinted in Cyprus numismatic literature in 1977.
American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Literature (1977) (1977)
Connections
2 peopleColleagues & contacts
- Worked with Porphyrios DikaiosRevised the text of the Larnaca hoard article and examined the pieces on the London market; Larnaca hoard of archaic silver staters; silver stater of Idalium P. Dikaios, 1935, A Hoard of Silver Cypriot Staters from Larnaca, p. 165 n. 1; American Numismatic Society, ANS Numismatic Notes and Monographs, nos. 79-82 (1938); L'Année Philologique 1936: Vol 11 (1936)1933–1935
- Worked with F. PryceIdalion silver coin dating Gisela Marie Augusta Richter Kouroi Arch1938
Sources
- 1.P. Dikaios, 1935, A Hoard of Silver Cypriot Staters from Larnaca.
- 2.Allan, J.; Mattingly, Harold; Robinson, E. S. G., The numismatic chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society (1936).
- 3.Allan, J., Numismatic Chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society (Fifth Series-Vol-I6) (1936).
- 4.W.m. Calder, Anatolian Studies Presented To William Hepburn Buckler (1939).
- 5.American Numismatic Society, ANS Numismatic Notes and Monographs, nos. 79-82 (1938).
- 6.Gisela Marie Augusta Richter Kouroi Arch.
- 7.L'Année Philologique 1936: Vol 11 (1936).
- 8.Allan, J., Numismatic Chronicle And Journal Of The Royal Numismatic Society (fifth Series) Vol.i5 (1935).
- 9.The Egypt Exploration Fund, Journal Of Egyptian Archaeology Vol.22 (1936).
- 10.American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Literature (1952-1953) (1951).
- 11.Anne Destrooper-Georgiades, Les royaumes de Kition et d'Idalion aux Ve et IVe siècles à la lumière des témoignages numismatiques (2002).
- 12.Michel Amandry, Un statère inédit de Golgoi (?) au Cabinet des Médailles (1991).
- 13.ANS Museum Notes, vols. 15-17.
- 14.ANS Museum Notes, vols. 22-23 (1977).
- 15.Historia 1953: Vol 2 Iss 2 (1953).
- 16.Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XV (Sessions 3, 4).
- 17.Lawrence E. Stager; Anita Walker; G. Ernest Wright, American Expedition to Idalion, Cyprus: First Preliminary Report: Seasons of 1971 and 1972 (1974).
- 18.Michel Amandry, A propos du trésor de Chypre, 1934/35 (IGCH 1277) (1986).
- 19.Antoine Hermary, Les ascendances légendaires des rois chypriotes. Quelques messages iconographiques (2002).
- 20.Anne Destrooper-Georgiades, Le disque aile inclus dans un motif géométrique sur une série de monnaies chypriotes ? (1993).
- 21.American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Literature (1977) (1977).
- 22.International Numismatic Congress (14th : 2009 : Glasgow), Proceedings of the XIVth International Numismatic Congress : Glasgow 2009 / edited by Nicholas Holmes. / Vol. 1 (2011).
- 23.Markus Egetmeyer, Le dialecte grec ancien de Chypre (2010).
- 24.The British Museum Quarterly 1934: Vol 9 Iss 2 (1934).
- 25.British Museum collection online, 'coin'.
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