Christian Martin Frähn

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Christian Martin Frähn

Christian Martin Joachim (von) Frähn (4 June 1782 – 16 August 1851), German and Russian numismatist and historian, was born at Rostock, Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Frähn began his Oriental studies under

Asiatic museum and councillor of state. He died at St Petersburg.[2]

Frähn wrote over 150 works. Among the more important are:[2]

  • Numophylacium orientale Pototianum (1813)
  • De numorum Bulgharicorum fonte antiquissimo (1816)
  • Das muhammedanische Münzkabinett des asiatischen Museum der kaiserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St Petersburg (1821)
  • Numi cufici ex variis museis selecti (1823)
  • Notice d'une centaine d'ouvrages arabes, &c., qui manquent en grande partie aux bibliothèques de l'Europe (1834)
  • Nova supplementa ad recensionem Num. Muham. Acad. Imp. Sci. Petropolitanae (1855)

His description of some medals struck by the

Latin
types.

Correspondence

Frähn's seal used in March 1826.

Frähn had vivid correspondence with other academics. Among them also

Samuel Gottlieb Rudolph Henzi, professor in Tartu.[3]

Notes

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Frahn, Christian Martin". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 773.