Ursula Kampmann is a German numismatist, historian and journalist. She was elected a Fellow of the

American Numismatic Society The American Numismatic Society (ANS) is a New York City-based organization dedicated to the study of coins, money, medals, tokens, and related objects. Founded in 1858, it is the only American museum devoted exclusively to their preservation ...

and in 2015 was awarded the Burnett Anderson Memorial Award for Excellence in Numismatic Writing

Education

Kampmann studied Ancient History, Medieval History and Archaeology of the Near East at the

University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

and the University of the Saarland, with a special focus on ancient numismatics. In 1991 she was awarded her doctorate with a thesis entitled ''Die Homonoia-Verbindungen von Pergamon'' ("The connections of ''homonoia'' in Pergamon"). This study has been described as a "helpful work" which reflects " the "intense rivalry" between Pergamon, Ephesus and Smyrna in the first and second centuries AD.

Career

In parallel with her academic studies, Kampmann worked in the numismatic trade. Between 1987 and 1990 for the company Giessener Münzhandlung in Munich, and from 1992 to 2001 for the Swiss company Münzen und Medaillen AG. During this period of work in the numismatic trade, she began to devote herself to specialized journalism in this sector. From 1996, her articles were mainly published in the magazine ''MünzenRevue'' of which she has been editor-in-chief since 2002. She is also the founder of an international online numismatic magazine that has an English version, called '' Coins Weekly'', and another in German, ''Münzen Woche.'' Between 2001 and 2005 she worked at the International Agency for the Suppression of Coin Counterfeiting (IBSCC), of the International Association of Professional Numismatists (IAPN), which led her to publish a series of articles on coin counterfeiting. She is the spokesperson for the International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art, and has spoken out on the importance of protecting the right to collect.Wessel, Günther, and F. Desmarais
"Dealers, Collectors, Provenances and Rights: Searching for Trace."
''Countering Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods. The Global Challenge of Protecting the World’s Heritage. Edited by France Desmarais. Paris: ICOM'' (2015): 1-10. She described motivation for the interest as: "No journey back into the past could ever be so direct and concrete an experience as that of collecting." Kampmann was elected a Fellow of the

in 2020.

Awards

* 2002: Vreneli Prize, awarded by the Swiss magazine ''Münzen-Revue'' on the occasion of the World Money Fair'''' * 2003: Prize of Honor of the Society of International Monetary History de] * 2012: Otto Paul Wenger Award gl">:gl:Premio_Otto_Paul_Wenger">gl from the Association of Swiss Numismatic Professionals * 2015: Burnett Anderson Memorial Award for Excellence in Numismatic Writing

References

{{Authority control German numismatists German women historians Women numismatists Saarland University alumni German women classical scholars German women journalists German journalists Year of birth missing (living people) Living people