Curriculum Vitae

Sophia D. Kremydi, Associate Research Professor

Address
National Hellenic Research Foundation (N.H.R.F.)
Institute for Greek and Roman Antiquity (K.E.R.A.)
48 Vassileos Constantinou Ave., Athens 11635, Greece
Tel.+ 30 210-7273686
Fax + 30 210-7234145
email: sophiakr

Sophia Kremydi was born in Athens in 1962. She graduated from the Moraitis secondary school in 1979 and from the Department of History and Archaeology of the Philosophical Faculty of the Aristotelian University of Thessalonike in 1984. She obtained her PhD from the same faculty in 1993. She has participated at the excavations of the Aristotle University of Thessalonike at Dion (Macedonia) (1984-1993), held temporary posts at the Numismatic Museum of Athens (1985-1988, 1995-1996), and worked as a high School teacher in Greek and History (1989/90-1992/93). Apart from her scientific work she was engaged as Scientific Councilor at the Ministry of Culture (1998-1999) and has been member of the board of directors of cultural organizations in Athens. She is a lifetime member of the Hellenic Numismatic Society, has been member of the council from 1994-2002 and vice-president from 1998. Since 2000 she holds a research post at the Institute of Greek and Roman Antiquity of the National Hellenic Research Foundation and has recently been appointed representative of Greece at the European Research Foundation in the domain of Humanities.

Research interests
Numismatics, Hellenistic and Roman provincial coinage, Macedonian coinage, numismatic circulation, coin hoards, ancient economy.

Major ongoing projects

• The coinage of the Macedonian Koinon in the Hellenistic period.
• Coin finds from the ancient city of Aegae (Vergina).

Publications

Monographs
- Η Νομισματοκοπία της Ρωμαϊκής Αποικίας του Δίου, Biblioteca of the Hellenic Numismatic Society, no. 4, Athens 1996.
- Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Greece II. The Alpha Bank Collection, Macedonia I, Alexander I to Perseus, Athens 2000.
- Multiple Concealments from the Sanctuary of Zeus Olympios at Dion: Three Roman Provincial Coin Hoards, Μελετήματα 35, Athens 2004.

Selected articles of the last five years

- 'Belonging to Rome, remaining Greek: Coinage and Ιdentity in Roman Macedonia', in: Chr. Howgego, A. Burnett, V. Heuchert (eds), Coinage and Identity in the Roman Provinces, Oxford 2005, pp. 95-106.
- 'Patterns of monetary circulation in Roman Macedonia: The hoard evidence', Ευλιμένη 7 (2004), pp. 135-149.
- 'Three Roman Provincial Hoards of the 2nd century AD from the sanctuary of Zeus Olympios at Dion (Macedonia)', AJN 16/17 (2004/5), pp. 93-112.
- 'Μακεδόνων Πρώτης Μερίδος: Evidence for a coinage under the Antigonids', RN 163 (2007), pp. 91-100.
- 'Roman Provincial Coinage', in: A Survey of Numismatic Research 2002-2007, D. Bateson and M. Amandry (eds) (2009, in print).