2021 Huntington Award to Sophia Kremydi, "Issuing Authority and Legal Tender in the Hellenistic World"
A respected authority on ancient Greek and Roman numismatics, Dr. Kremydi is renowned for her research on the ancient economies and material culture of Northern Greece. Her work focuses primarily on ancient Macedonia, as well as on the relationship between coinage and identity in Greek cities under later Roman rule. She has held research posts at the Institute of Historical Research at the National Hellenic Research Foundation in Greece, where she currently serves as Research Director, program coordinator for the Sources, History, and Culture of Northern Greece Project, and head of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquity. Along with several books and monographs, Dr. Kremydi has published over 50 articles in collected volumes and research journals around the world.