Curriculum Vitae
Sofia Efthymoglou is a numismatist and Ph.D. Candidate in Byzantine Archaeology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. At the same time, she works as a research assistant on the research project Byz-GOVAG, which aims to create a comprehensive anthropogeographic map of the Byzantine Empire's administrative system.
Sofia Efthymoglou is a Ph.D. Candidate in Byzantine Archaeology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki under the supervision of Associate Professor Pagona Papadopoulou with a thesis entitled “The Miliaresion: Production and Circulation of a Middle-Byzantine Silver Coinage”. Her research has been supported multiple times by mobility programs between the University of Cologne and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, as well as the University of Cologne and St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia through the DAAD Scholarship. She graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (2019), where she also pursued her M.Phil. in Byzantine Archaeology (2022).
She served as a research assistant at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2020) on the project BYZART: Byzantine Art and Archaeology on Europeana. She has also worked as a numismatist in the Thessaloniki Metro Excavations, conducted by the Ephorate of the City of Thessaloniki and AKTOR SA Construction Company in Thessaloniki, Greece (2021-2022). She further served as a research assistant in two research projects hosted by the University of Cologne, Germany, namely the DFG/ANR project “Unlocking the Hidden Value of Seals: New Methodologies for Historical Research in Byzantine Studies” (2022-2024), and on “Creating a Sustainable Digital Infrastructure for Research-Based Teaching in Byzantine Studies” (2024-2026), funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.
Since October 2026, she has served as a research assistant on the project Byz-GOVAG (ERC AdG 2024), focusing on the prosopography and administrative structure of Byzantine provincial administration. The research combines international collaborations and fieldwork in public and/or private sigillographic collections. Her main duty involves the systematic recording and study of historical data from primary sources, with an emphasis on the evidence provided by Byzantine lead seals, as well as the development of the Prosopographical Records and Lead Seal Records in the TAKTIKON online database.
Her research interests include Byzantine numismatic production and circulation, political and economic history, sigillography and prosopography.