Johan van Heesch


Johan van Heesch is a Belgian numismatist specialising in the coinage and monetary history of the Roman empire. He is the Keeper of Coins and Medals at the Royal Library of Belgium, and teaches numismatics at the universities of Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve.

Career

Van Heesch has a MA in History from Ghent University, and a PhD in Archaeology from the University of Leuven. In addition to teaching history, he has also pursued a career in museums, working at the Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren, the Royal Museums of Art and History and the Brussels Coin Cabinet of the Royal Library of Belgium. He was the President of the Royal Numismatic Society of Belgium and is a director of the Revue belge de Numismatique and an editor of In Monte Artium, the journal of the Royal Library of Belgium.

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