Joseph Calasanza, Ritter von Arneth (1791–1863) was an Austrian

Austrians

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 numismatist

Numismatics

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 and archæologist

Archaeology

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, born at Leopoldschlag

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, Upper Austria

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. He became custodian of the Cabinet of Coins and Antiquities in Vienna

Vienna

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, and director of that institution in 1840, in which capacity he rendered very valuable services to the department of numismatics. Among his more important works are:

• Synopsis Numorum Grœcorum (1837)
• Synopsis Numorum Romanorum (1842)
• Das k. k. Münz- und Antikenkabinett (1845)
• Die antiken Kameen des k. k. Munz- und Antikenkabinetts (1849)
• Die Cinque-Cento-Kameen und Arbeiten des Benvenuto Cellini
  Benvenuto Cellini
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   und seiner Zeitgenossen (1858)

He was the father of Alfred von Arneth.