Frederique Duyrat

Frederique Duyrat is director of the Department of Coins, Medals, and Antiques of the Bibliotheque nationale de France and is associated with the research team Orient et Mediterranee-Mondes semitiques (University of Paris-Sorbonne) and the Ecole doctorale Archeologie of the University of Paris I-Pantheon Sorbonne. Prior to this she spent two years as a researcher at the Institut francais d'archeologie du Proche-Orient in Damascus, eight years as assistant professor of Greek history at the...See more

Frederique Duyrat is director of the Department of Coins, Medals, and Antiques of the Bibliotheque nationale de France and is associated with the research team Orient et Mediterranee-Mondes semitiques (University of Paris-Sorbonne) and the Ecole doctorale Archeologie of the University of Paris I-Pantheon Sorbonne. Prior to this she spent two years as a researcher at the Institut francais d'archeologie du Proche-Orient in Damascus, eight years as assistant professor of Greek history at the University of Orleans, and three years as Curator of Greek coins at the Bibliotheque nationale de France. She is editor of Tresors Monetaires, a director of the Revue Numismatique, and a member of the board of the Societe francaise de numismatique. She has written and edited more than 50 books and articles on the coinage, history, and archaeology of ancient Syria and Phoenicia. See less