Edith Schönert-Geiß (7 August 1933, Dresden - 12 June 2012, Berlin) was a German numismatist, who specialised in the classical coinage of Thrace and was instrumental in the post-war re-establishment of the Corpus Nummorum.

[1] After she graduated from secondary school there, Schönert moved to Berlin to study History at Humboldt University.

[1] She began work on 1 September 1956, aged 23, at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (Central Institute for Ancient History and Archaeology); her first project was on the mints of Greece - the study of which was to continue throughout her career.

[2] In 1960, Schönert-Geiß was awarded a doctorate from Humboldt University for research on the provincial coinage of Perinthus.

[1] In addition to her research and publications on ancient Thrace, Schönert-Geiß studied Roman coins found in forts along the Danube.