Anatole Jean-Baptiste Antoine de Barthélemy (1 July 182127 June 1904) was a French

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landsca ...

and numismatist.

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He was born at

Reims Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne. Founded b ...

in 1821, and died at

Ville d'Avray Ville-d'Avray () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. The commune is part of the arrondissement of Boulogne-Billancourt in the Hauts-de-Seine department. In 2019, it had a population of ...

in 1904. In collaboration with J. Geslin de Bourgogne he published ''Études sur la Révolution en Bretagne'' in 1858, and between 1855 and 1879 an exhaustive work in six volumes on the ''Anciens évêchés de Bretagne; histoire et monuments''. In 1880 appeared the ''Choix de documents inédits sur l'histoire de la ligue en Bretagne'', by himself alone. But it was, above all, his numismatical work which established his reputation. This included several popular publications, such as the ''Nouveau manuel complet de numismatique ancienne'' (1851; second edition, revised, 1890), and the ''Nouveau Manuel complet de la numismatique du moyen âge et moderne'' (1853; new edition revised by Adrien Planchet), and a large number of monographs and articles in the technical reviews. The following may be specially mentioned: ''Numismatique mérovingienne'' (1865); ''Essai sur la monnaie parisis'' (1874); ''Note sur l'origine de la monnaie tournoise'' (1896); and in the series of instructions issued by the

Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques The Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques (CTHS) (''Committee for Historic and Scientific Works'') is a French research institution created by the Minister of Public Education François Guizot on 18 July 1834 for the purpose of 'leading ...

he edited the number on ''La Numismatique de la France'' (1891). In 1897 he was elected a member of the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigr ...

. His younger brother, Édouard Marie, comte de Barthélemy, who was born in

Angers Angers (, , ) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution. The inhabitants of both the city and the pr ...

in 1830, published a number of documents on the ancient French nobility and the history of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barthelemy, Anatole Jean-Baptiste Antoine de 1821 births 1904 deaths People from Reims French archaeologists French numismatists Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres École Nationale des Chartes alumni Members of the Ligue de la patrie française

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