Eckhel

As a professor in the university Eckhel lectured on ancient numismatics.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Eckhel died shortly after the completion of his "Doctrina".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

How he became a numismatist, Eckhel himself has told us in the preface to his "Numi veteres anecdoti".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Eckhel was commissioned to deliver bi-weekly lectures on numismatics in the coin cabinet.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

With his naturally critical eye, Eckhel mastered all the literature of his subject, eliminated errors and forgeries with the help of his profound learning, and then combined the results into an organic whole in his 'Doctrina numorum veterum' ....

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Eckhel set to work selecting the coins which were as yet unknown and unedited, and added thereto the unedited coins of the choice collections of Count Michael Viczay and Paul Festetics.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

For the Greek coins, Eckhel has adopted an exemplary system which is still in use.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

"Promemoria" that is preserved among the records of the royal cabinet of coins, as to the expenses and the plan of a monumental work covering the entire field of Greek numismatics that was to take the place of the old work by Eckhel and be about one-half larger.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

The earliest publications of any importance were written to meet the needs of collectors (e.g. the various cabinets of Taler, Groschen, and ducats and the Münzbelustibungen, or "coin-pastimes"), whereas the foundations for a scientific treatment of ancient numismatics were not supplied until 1790, by Eckhel and for modern not until the nineteenth century by Mader Grote, and Lelewel.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Eckhel has become the founder of the scientific numismatics of classical antiquity and taken his place alongside of his contemporaries, Heyne and

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913