Lucia Travaini Aufnahme von Werner Maleczek

Lucia Travaini (born 1953) is an Italian

numismatist A numismatist is a specialist, researcher, and/or well-informed collector of numismatics, numismatics/coins ("of coins"; from Late Latin , genitive of ). Numismatists can include collectors, specialist dealers, and scholar-researchers who use coi ...

, archaeologist, and academic. She is an Associate Professor of Medieval and Modern Numismatics at the

University of Milan The University of Milan (; ), officially abbreviated as UNIMI, or colloquially referred to as La Statale ("the State niversity), is a public university, public research university in Milan, Italy. It is one of the largest universities in Eu ...

Life

Travaini studied archaeology at the

Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome (), formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", abbreviated simply as Sapienza ('Wisdom'), is a Public university, public research university located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1303 and is ...

. She worked for the ''Soprintendenza Archeologica'', the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, and at the

National Roman Museum The National Roman Museum (Italian: ''Museo Nazionale Romano'') is a museum, with several branches in separate buildings throughout the city of Rome, Italy. It shows exhibits from the pre- and early history of Rome, with a focus on archaeological ...

. From 1992 to 1998, she was a senior research associate to

Philip Grierson Philip Grierson, (15 November 1910 – 15 January 2006) was a British historian and numismatist. He was Professor of Numismatics at Cambridge University and a fellow of Gonville and Caius College for over seventy years. During his long and e ...

at the Fitzwilliam Museum,

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

. In 1998, she returned to Italy to join the University of Milan. She also taught at her alma mater between 2002 and 2005.

Honours

In 2012, Travaini was awarded the

Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society The Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society was first awarded in 1883. It is awarded by the Royal Numismatic Society and is one of the highest markers of recognition given to numismatists. The president and Council award the medal annually to an "in ...

, one of the highest awards for numismatists. In 2014, she was awarded the Prix Duchalais by the for her book ''Le zecche italiane fino all'Unità'' (published 2011). In 2016, she was elected an honorary member of the

Royal Numismatic Society of Belgium The Royal Numismatic Society of Belgium, known in Dutch as the Koninklijk Belgisch Genootschap voor Numismatiek and in French as the Société Royale de Numismatique de Belgique, is a society focusing on the field of numismatics Numismatics is th ...

Selected works

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Travaini, Lucia 1953 births Living people Italian numismatists Archaeologists from Milan Italian women archaeologists 21st-century Italian archaeologists Sapienza University of Rome alumni Curators from Milan People associated with the Fitzwilliam Museum Academic staff of the University of Milan Academic staff of the Sapienza University of Rome Women numismatists Italian curators 20th-century Italian archaeologists Italian women curators