Eckhel, Joseph Hilarius#
b. Enzesfeld (Lower Austria), Jan. 13, 1737, d. Vienna, May 16, 1798, Jesuit and numismatist. 1774 director of the Imperial Antique Coin Collection, also university professor from 1775; founding father of the science of numismatics in Austria.
Publication#
Doctrina nummorum veterum, 8 vols., 1792-1798.Literature#
NDB.