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Numismatist · Draughtsman / artist · Epigrapher

M. J. P. Six

fl. 1882–1891 · Netherlands

Dutch numismatist and draughtsman, active 1882–1891. Lived at Amsterdam. Worked with Wilhelm Deecke.

Life and work

  1. 1883
    Numismatic classification of Cypriot series in Revue Numismatique (1883, p. 254), cited by Hogarth for the territory and coinage of Salamis and for the geographical order of Cypriot autonomous cities.

    Hogarth 1889, pp. 55

  2. 1884
    Supplied A. P. di Cesnola with notes and attributions for early Cypriot coins in his collection: Evagoras I of Salamis (bilingual Cypriot-Greek legend), Nicocles son of Evagoras I, Stasioikos king of Marion.

    Cesnola 1884

  3. 1888
    Credited with careful drawings, from paper impressions, of the Cypriot-syllabic inscriptions found at Kouklia (JHS 9, section VI); M. J. P. Six also sent corrections to Dr Deecke's transcriptions (e.g. reading o-ro-ko-ne-to-te for po-ko-ne-tu-te in the British Museum text II l. 7; 'dessin de mon fils').

    Gardner et al. 1888

  4. 1891
    Munro's Polis tes Chrysochou report attributes the Lion's-head type silver coin (circ. 480-400 BC) found in Tomb 40 to Soli, citing M. Six (note 21).

    Munro 1891

Connections

2 people

Scholarship

Colleagues & contacts

Objects

  • Early Cypriot coins (Evagoras I, Nicocles, Stasioikos of Marion) in the Lawrence-Cesnola collection, attributed by Six

    Cesnola 1884

Sources

  1. 1.E. A. Gardner, D. G. Hogarth, M. R. James, R. Elsey Smith (1888). “Excavations in Cyprus, 1887-88”. Journal of Hellenic Studies 9, 147-271.
  2. 2.Alexander Palma di Cesnola (1884). Salaminia (Cyprus): The History, Treasures, and Antiquities of Salamis in the Island of Cyprus. London, Whiting and Company.
  3. 3.D. G. Hogarth (1889). Devia Cypria. London.
  4. 4.J. A. R. Munro (1891). “Excavations in Cyprus, 1890: Third Season's Work: Polis tes Chrysochou”. Journal of Hellenic Studies 12, 298-330.
  5. 5.Salomon Reinach (1891). Chroniques d'Orient.