Shpresa Gjongecaj

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Shpresa Gjongecaj
Born (1952-02-06) February 6, 1952 (age 72)
Tirana, PR Albania
Nationality Albanian
Occupation archaeologist

Shpresa Gjongecaj Vangjeli (born 6 February 1952) is an Albanian archaeologist and numismatist, who was the Director of the Institute of Archaeology at the Academy of Albanological Studies from 2008 to 2013. She is the recipient of the Vermeil Token from the French Numismatic Society and was appointed a Corresponding Member of the Archaeological Institute of America, both in recognition of her scholarship and services to numismatics.

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Biography

Gjongecaj was born on 6 February 1952 in Tirana, Albania. She studied at the Faculty of Philology at the University of Tirana in 1969 and graduated in Classical Languages (Latin and Ancient Greek) in 1973. She later received specialized training in numismatics with Olivier Picard at the Sorbonne (Paris IV) and the French School at Athens, with Michel Amandry in the Medal Office in Paris, and with Giovani Gorini (gl) at the University of Padua. In 1983 she was awarded her doctorate, with a thesis entitled "Coins of Illyrian Cities", under the direction of Selim Islami (sq). [1]

Since 1974 she has been professionally linked to the Institute of Archaeology at the Academy of Albanological Studies. [1] In 1994 she held a Visiting Fellowship at the Heberden Coin Room at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. [2] Between 1999 and 2007 she was the head of the Department of Antiquities in the Institute of Archaeology at the Academy of Albanological Studies, and from 2008 to 2013 she was Director of the Institute of Archaeology. [1] [3] [4]

Gjongecaj is also Professor of Numismatics at the University of Tirana and has participated in a number of archaeological expeditions and research projects. [1] She led research on the Hija e Korbit Hoard, an assemblage of 618 silver coins. [5] She has also worked on the Roman coins of Butrint, with Sam Moorhead and Richard Abdy. [6] She has worked on coins from the prehistoric burial tumulus of Lofkënd in Albania. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Curriculum Vitae: Shpresa Gjongecaj Akademia E Studimeve Albanologjike
  2. ↑ "Visiting Scholars". hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  3. ↑ Gjongecaj.
  4. ↑ Waterfield, Robin (2014). Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-965646-2.
  5. ↑ "Hija e Korbit Treasure, One of the Biggest Found in Albania • IIA". invest-in-albania.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  6. ↑ HODGES, RICHARD. HANSEN, INGE (2021). ROMAN BUTRINT an assessment. [S.l.]: OXBOW BOOKS. ISBN   978-1-78925-829-5. OCLC   1286958693.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Lofkënd Archaeological Project". www.sscnet.ucla.edu. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  8. ↑ "Médaille et jeton de vermeil – Société française de numismatique" (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  9. ↑ "Corresponding Members". Archaeological Institute of America. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  10. ↑ Gjongecaj, Shpresa (2014). Thesare me monedha antike të gjetura në Shqipëri (shek. V-I p. Kr.). Olivier Picard, Qendra e Studimeve Albanologjike, Instituti i Arkeologjisë. Tiranë. ISBN   978-9928-147-30-1. OCLC   1009144521.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  11. ↑ Gjongecaj-Vangjeli, Shpresa (2019). Trésors de monnaies antiques trouvés en Albanie (Ve-Ier siècle av. J.-C.). Olivier Picard. Athènes. ISBN   978-2-86958-315-3. OCLC   1162821192.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  12. ↑ Nicolet-Pierre, Hélène; Gjongecaj, Shpresa (1995). "Le monnayage d'argent d'Égine et le trésor de Hollm (Albanie) 1991". Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique. 119 (1): 283–338. doi:10.3406/bch.1995.1649.
  13. ↑ Gjongecaj, Shpresa; Picard, Olivier (1998). "Le trésor de Dimalla 1973 et le passage du monnayage hellénistique au monnayage impérial à Apollonia d'Illyrie". Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique. 122 (2): 511–527. doi:10.3406/bch.1998.7190.
  14. ↑ Picard, Olivier; Gjongecaj, Shpresa (2001). "Apollonia et le monnayage épirote : le trésor de Bakërr". Revue Numismatique. 6 (157): 223–249. doi:10.3406/numi.2001.2328.
  15. ↑ Gjongecaj, Shpresa; Picard, Olivier (2003). "Monnaies d'Apollonia / Monedhat e Apolonisë". Iliria. 31 (1): 259–266. doi:10.3406/iliri.2003.1056.
  16. ↑ Gjongecaj, Shpresa (2010). "Le monnayage de Phoinikè sous l'empire romain". Revue Numismatique. 6 (166): 383–396. doi:10.3406/numi.2010.2942.
  17. ↑ Gjongecaj, Shpresa (1998). "Le trésor de Kreshpan (Albanie)". Revue Numismatique. 6 (153): 81–102. doi:10.3406/numi.1998.2192.
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