Background
He was born on June 25, 1813 in Berlin.
He was born on June 25, 1813 in Berlin.
University of Bonn.
After studying at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, and traveling in Italy (1838–1839), he obtained a position at the Königliche Sammlung der Antiken-Münzen in Berlin in 1840. During his travels to Italy (–1847) with his friend Theodor Mommsen he acquired further numismatic material which he brought to Berlin. In 1868 he became director of the numismatic section of the Berlin Museum.
From his literary remains Rudolf Weil published Repertorium zur Antiken Numismatik, a supplement to Théodore Edme Mionnet"s Description des Médailles Antiques, Berlin, 1885.
Prussian Academy of Sciences]
In 1872 he was elected a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences.
