Collector
Jean Delepierre
d. 1964 · France
Numismatist. Gave to Cabinet des Médailles; worked with Marie Delepierre.
Life and work
- 1964Died in 1964, according to G. Le Rider's communication to the Société française de numismatique; the Society's report credits him with an interpretation of the frieze of the Vix krater.
- 16 December 1966The collection he and his wife had formed, about 8,000 coins (7,000 Greek) with sculptures, painted vases, terracottas, bronzes and jewellery, entered the Cabinet des médailles, Paris, as a gift of Mme Delepierre, two years after his death. The coins include 27 Cypriot pieces, 18 of them staters from the Larnaca hoard (IGCH 1272).
ParisG. Le Rider (1966). La collection Delepierre au Cabinet des Médailles (communication). Bulletin de la Société française de numismatique 21; M. Amandry (1992). Acquisitions récentes de monnaies chypriotes au Cabinet des Médailles. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 17, p. 2
Connections
1 personColleagues & contacts
- Connected with Marie Delepierrewife; formed the collection with him and gave it in 1966 (Le Rider calls her his wife, 'Mme Delepierre') G. Le Rider, 1966, La collection Delepierre au Cabinet des Médailles (communication)1966
- Worked with Marie DelepierreGreek coin collection Bulletin de la Société française de numismatique (1966), p. 433
Objects
Cypriot coins of the Delepierre collection: 27 pieces incl. 18 staters from the Larnaca hoard, published as SNG France, Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre, nos. 2900-2926
From Larnaca (hoard)Cabinet des médailles, Paris16 December 1966
M. Amandry (1992). Acquisitions récentes de monnaies chypriotes au Cabinet des Médailles. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 17, pp. 2; G. Le Rider (1966). La collection Delepierre au Cabinet des Médailles (communication). Bulletin de la Société française de numismatique 21
Mentioned in
5 mentionsDocuments · 4
- Acquisitions récentes de monnaies chypriotes au Cabinet des Médailles
Amandry 1992
- Le monnayage julio-claudien à Chypre I: Auguste; II: Tibère
Amandry 1987
- Les royaumes de Kition et d'Idalion aux Ve et IVe siècles à la lumière des témoignages numismatiques
Destrooper-Georgiades 2002
- SOMA 2011: Proceedings of the 15th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology held at the University of Catania 3-5 March 2011
Militello & Öniz 2015
- People · 1listed under Connections
Sources
- 1.M. Amandry (1992). “Acquisitions récentes de monnaies chypriotes au Cabinet des Médailles”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 17.
- 2.G. Le Rider (with Mme Delepierre) (1983). SNG France, Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre.
- 3.G. Le Rider (1966). “La collection Delepierre au Cabinet des Médailles (communication)”. Bulletin de la Société française de numismatique 21.
- 4.M. Amandry (1987). “Le monnayage Julio-Claudien à Chypre. I - Auguste”.
- 5.A. Destrooper-Georgiades (2002). Les royaumes de Kition et d'Idalion aux Ve et IVe siècles à la lumière des témoignages numismatiques.
- 6.Bulletin de la Société française de numismatique (1966).
- 7.G. Le Rider, 1966, La collection Delepierre au Cabinet des Médailles (communication).
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