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Contents The President’s Note 1 Le mot du Président Announcements 2 Institutions 3 Colloquia 6 Exhibitions 8 Websites 9 New books 10 Personalia 11 INeN: Contribute & Subscribe 12
I n t e r n a t i o n a l N u m i s m a t i c e - N e w s ( I N e N ) - N o 1 0 - F e b r u a r y 2 0 11 Electronic Newsletter of the INC/CIN - ISSN 1662-120
The President’s Note / Le mot du Président Dear INC members and friends This Newsletter has been long in the making and as President I have to take responsibility for the delay. Going green and environmental sustainability bring challenges and we have reduced our two newsletters, paper and electronic to a sole one, this International Numismatic e-Newsletter. From now on there will two issues of the INeN yearly: one in the fall, at the beginning of the academic year (October/November), and D r . C armen A rnold -B iucchi one at the beginning of the calendar year (January/February).The Compte Rendu, which is our annual report, will continue to appear in print in early spring before the Committee Meeting. To accomplish our goals, however, your help and input are crucial: send your news and interesting articles to our able editors Sylviane Estiot and Benedikt Zäch. Since the last issue everyone on the Committee has been working hard to find ways to improve our communication with you, our publications and our website within the limits of our budget, whose priority is to try to support young scholars in our field. Our Treasurer Tuukka Talvio and I attended the ICOM and ICOMON Conference in Shanghai and you will read about it below. It was a wonderful experience and I very much hope that we shall expand our contacts with our Asian colleagues: China is the country of the future and numismatics must be part of it. We are planning the next Survey of Numismatic Research 2008-2013. The section editors have been selected and we shall meet in Milan in March to discuss the details and start our work. The Società Italiana di Numismatica and the Università degli studi di Milano, Dipartimento di scienze dell’antichità have generously offered their hospitality: we are grateful to our colleagues Prof. Adriano Savio and Lucia Travaini. After that we shall go to Winterthur for our annual Committee meeting and celebrate the 150th anniversary of the famous Coin Cabinet. Thanks to Benedikt Zäch we shall be among the guests of honor of the city of Winterthur. You shall read about it in the summer issue of the INeN. I look forward to our continued collaboration so please let me hear from you !
Chers membres et amis du CIN, Cette Newsletter électronique vous parvient avec un certain retard et en tant que Président j’en assume pleine responsabilité: notre passage à une publication électronique écologique d’une INeN verte a pris plus de temps que prévu et nous avons réduit nos deux newsletters, papier et électronique à une seule, cette International Numismatic e-Newsletter. À l’avenir cependant nous nous engageons à vous la transmettre deux fois par an, en automne au début de l’année académique, (octobre-novembre) et au début de l’année civile (janvier-février). Le Compte rendu qui est notre rapport annuel paraîtra comme d’habitude au début de l’année avant la réunion annuelle du Bureau. Pour atteindre ce but toutefois nous avons besoin de votre concours et de vos nouvelles : veuillez envoyer toute annonce ou article à nos rédacteurs Sylviane Estiot et Benedikt Zäch. Depuis le dernier numéro de la INeN le Bureau a concentré ses efforts sur une amélioration de nos moyens de communication avec vous, nos publications et notre site, dans les limites de notre budget. Comme vous le savez nos fonds servent avant tout à soutenir les travaux de recherche de jeunes numismates. Il est tout aussi important d’élargir notre communauté audelà de l’Europe centrale et l’Amérique du Nord. Dans cette optique notre trésorier Tuukka Talvio et moi avons participé à l’Assemblée générale de ICOM et ICOMON à Shanghai en novembre (voir l’article ci-dessous). Ce fut une expérience magnifique : la Chine est le pays de l’avenir et la numismatique doit en faire partie. La préparation du prochain Survey of Numismatic Research 2008-2013 a commencé : les rédacteurs des différentes sections ont été sélectionnés et nous allons nous réunir à Milan en mars pour organiser le travail. Nous serons les hôtes de la Società Italiana di Numismatica et de l’Università degli studi di Milano, Dipartimento di scienze dell’antichità. Je tiens à exprimer toute notre reconnaissance à nos collègues Prof. Adriano Savio et Lucia Travaini. Ensuite nous irons à Winterthur pour la réunion annuelle du Bureau et pour célébrer les 150 ans de l’illustre Cabinet des Monnaies. Grâce à Benedikt Zäch la ville nous accueillera comme hôtes d’honneur. Vous pourrez lire les détails dans la prochaine INeN. Je compte sur votre collaboration et vos nouvelles !
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Announcements American Numismatic Society – New York (USA) 57th Annual Eric P. Newman Graduate Summer Seminar in Numismatics
June 6 through July 29, 2011 For over half a century, The American Numismatic Society has offered select graduate students and junior faculty the opportunity to work hands-on with one of the world’s preeminent numismatic collections. With over three-quarters of a million objects, the collection is particularly strong in Greek, Roman, Islamic, and Far Eastern coinages, as well as Medallic Art. The rigorous eight-week course, taught by ANS staff, guest lecturers, and a Visiting Scholar, introduces students to the methods, theories, and history of the discipline. In addition to the lecture program, students will select a numismatic research topic and, utilizing ANS resources, write a paper during the Seminar. The Seminar is intended to provide students of History, Art History, Textual Studies, and Archeology who have little or no numismatic background with a working knowledge of a body of evidence that is often overlooked and poorly understood. Successful applicants are typically doctoral candidates or junior faculty in a related discipline, but MA candidates are admitted as well. This year’s Visiting Scholar will be Dr. David Wigg-Wolf, Researcher at the Römisch-Germanische Kommission of the German Archeological Institute. Dr. Wigg-Wolf is well known for his research and publications on the Iron Age and Roman coinages of Northern Europe. Applications are due no later than February 11, 2011. A limited number of stipends of up to $4000 are available to US citizens, and non-US citizens studying at US institutions under J-1 visas. For application forms and further information, please see the Summer Seminar page of our website: www.numismatics.org/Seminar or contact the Seminar Co-Director, Richard Witschonke, a t W itschonke@numismatics.org
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC, USA Dumbarton Oaks fourth summer program on Byzantine numismatics and sigillography
July 5–29, 2011 The program will be under the direction of Dr. Cécile Morrisson, Advisor for Byzantine Numismatics, Dr Eric McGeer, Advisor for Byzantine Sigillography and Dr. Vivien Prigent (CNRS). Admission requirements Applicants must be a doctoral student or junior faculty member in some area of Byzantine Studies. Candidates should have a reading knowledge of French and German and have completed two years of college level Classical Greek (or its equivalent). Course offerings in numismatics and sigillography Several seminar meetings and workshops will cover the basics of the two disciplines, reading, dating and cataloging of seals and coins and the use of coins and seals as evidence for Byzantine literary, political, economic and art history. In separate workshop sessions students will be instructed how to read Byzantine coins, date them and write a catalog entry. Students will present to the group a pre-determined research topic or a group of coins or seals which they will have transcribed and dated by their own efforts. Special topics, such as digital imagery, construction of maps, statistical treatment and databases will also be examined. Accommodation and expenses Successful candidates will receive free housing and breakfast, in addition to lunch on weekdays. They are, however, responsible for their own transportation costs. Application procedure Applicants must send a letter by January 15, 2011, to Margaret Mullett, Director of Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks (1703 32nd St., NW, Washington, DC 20007), describing their academic background and listing specific reasons for wishing to be included in the summer program. All applicants should include a curriculum vitae; doctoral candidates should arrange for the sending of a transcript of their graduate school record. Two letters of recommendation should be sent separately, at least one of them from a faculty member who has instructed the candidate in an area of Byzantine studies. Selection criteria will include a demonstrated need for the seminar and the candidates’ present and future research projects. For further information, write Margaret Mullett M u l l e t t M @doaks.org or Cécile Morrisson MorrissonC@doaks.org . See also h t t p : / / w w w. d o a k s . o r g (Byzantine Studies).
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Institutions Numismatische Professur in Wien neu besetzt Im Jahr 2010 erreichte Professor Dr. Wolfgang Hahn am Institut für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte der Universität Wien das Pensionsalter ; mit Ende September 2010, zum Ende des Sommersemesters, wurde er deshalb in den Ruhestand versetzt. Fast genau 20 Jahre hat Wolfgang Hahn die Geschicke des Instituts bestimmt, über mehrere neue Universitätsgesetze hinweg und durch andere Reformen hindurch, die die Möglichkeiten numismatischer Studien in Wien manchmal ernsthaft in Frage stellten. Die Bemühungen, die Numismatik wieder zu einem regulären Studiengang zu machen, blieben zwar erfolglos ; mit dem seit 2008 eingerichteten Individuellen Masterstudium Numismatik und Geldgeschichte ist aber eine sinnvolle numismatische Ausbildung in einer gewissen Breite möglich. Den Anspruch, den die Umbenennung des Jahres 1978 in „Institut für Numismatik“ erhob, nämlich die Abdeckung des Faches über alle zeitlichen Epochen hinweg, konnte er mit seinen umfassenden Kenntnissen wirklich mit Leben erfüllen. Die neuerliche Umbenennung im Jahr 2000 zum „Institut für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte“, von Wolfgang Hahn selbst betrieben, sollte deutlich machen, dass wir die Numismatik nicht als Selbstzweck, sondern als unverzichtbaren Teil der Geschichte sehen, dass wir also mit numismatischen Fragestellungen über den engen Rand der Münze hinausschauen. In einer feierlichen Verabschiedung am 20. Oktober 2010 wurde insbesondere die wissenschaftliche Leistung von Wolfgang Hahn gewürdigt. Diese Aufgabe übernahm Cécile Morrisson aus Paris, die schon seit den frühen 1970er Jahren in seinem vielleicht wichtigsten Arbeitsgebiet, der byzantinischen Münzprägung, in regelmäßigem und freundschaftlichem Kontakt mit ihm steht. Den Rahmen für diese ausführliche Laudatio bildeten kurze Würdigungen durch den Dekan der Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät, Prof. Dr. Michael Schwarz, und durch die Studentenvertreterin am Institut, Anna Fabiankowitsch, im Namen der Studierenden. D r . C écile M orrisson
Das Institut nützte die Gelegenheit, die diese schwerwiegende Änderung im Personalstand bot, zur Stiftung der Wolfgang Hahn-Medaille für Verdienste um das Institut für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte der Universität Wien. Erster Preisträger ist der Namensgeber selbst ; die Medaille steht aber auch in Zukunft dem Institut zur Verfügung, um sich für herausragende Förderung und Hilfe zu bedanken. Gestaltet wurde die Medaille vom bedeutendsten österreichischen Medailleur der Gegenwart, Professor Helmut Zobl. Sie erinnert in Text und Bild an die beiden ersten Professoren am Institut, Robert Göbl und Wolfgang Hahn ; sie thematisiert in vielfältigen Anspielungen deren Arbeitsgebiete und Forschungsinteressen. Wie immer hat Helmut Zobl die Stempel direkt negativ geschnitten. Ermöglicht wurde die Stiftung dieser Medaille durch zwei großzügige Sponsoren. Dr. Alain Baron von der Firma Numismatica Genevensis SA in Genf übernahm die Kosten des Stempelschnitts. Die Münze Österreich sorgte für die gesamte technische Durchführung, von der Lieferung des Stempelstahls und der Schrötlinge in Silber und Kupfer bis zur Prägung selbst. Im Rahmen der Feierstunde erhielt Wolfgang Hahn das erste (silberne) Exemplar dieser Medaille zum Dank für seinen 20-jährigen Einsatz für das Institut. Helmut Zobl kommentierte sein jüngstes Werk in seiner bekannt eigenwilligen Weise. Die kupfernen Exemplare werden als Belegstücke wichtigen öffentlichen Münzsammlungen übergeben. Auch der Geehrte selbst trug zur Veranstaltung bei. Ein launiger Rückblick auf seinen bisherigen Lebensweg vom Studium bis zur Tätigkeit am Institut erfreute die Gäste mit mancher Anekdote. Die Feierstunde klang mit einem Buffet afrikanischer Köstlichkeiten aus, die zwar nicht gerade direkt aus Äthiopien kamen, aber doch auf die äthiopischen Forschungsinteressen von Wolfgang Hahn verwiesen. Die Veranstaltung, die in der ehemaligen Kapelle des früheren Allgemeinen Krankenhauses der Stadt Wien stattfand, das heute die Funktion eines Campus der Universität Wien erfüllt, wurde von der Münzenhandlung Mag. Michael Meister in Ludwigsburg unterstützt. Dass wir mit Alain Baron und Michael Meister zwei frühe Absolventen des Instituts zu diesem Anlass als großzügige Sponsoren gewinnen konnten, freut uns ganz besonders. Etwa ebenso lang, wie Wolfgang Hahn am Institut tätig war, gibt es auch schon das halbjährlich erscheinende Mitteilungsblatt unseres Instituts, von dem zuletzt Nr. 41 für das Wintersemester 2010 erschien. In einem Sonderheft, Nr. 41a, wurde diese Festveranstaltung dokumentiert. Hier sind die Laudationes ebenso abgedruckt wie die rückblickenden Betrachtungen von Wolfgang Hahn. Praktischen Wert hat ein Schriftenverzeichnis von Wolfgang Hahn, für das immerhin fast 350 Titel (ohne Rezensionen) ermittelt werden konnten. Hier finden sich außerdem die Statuten für zukünftige Verleihungen der Wolfgang HahnMedaille und Gedanken von Helmut Zobl zu seinem Werk. Die Herstellung dieses Heftes übernahm wieder die Hausdruckerei der Oesterreichischen Nationalbank, die schon seit Jahren auch regelmäßig das Mitteilungsblatt druckt.
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Nachbesetzungen von Professuren gelingen nur selten ohne zwischenzeitliche Vakanzen. Umso mehr freut es uns, dass es nach vielfältigen Hürden doch noch in der letzten Septemberwoche zur Vertragsunterzeichnung zwischen der Universität Wien und Reinhard Wolters kam, der somit nach einer Vakanz von nur fünf Tagen am 6. Oktober 2010 seine neue Stelle als Univ.-Prof. für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte in Wien antreten konnte.
D r . R einhard W olters
Reinhard Wolters, Jahrgang 1958, war nach einem Studium der Geschichte, Germanistik, Publizistik und Katholischen Theologie als Assistent an der TU Braunschweig tätig, an der er sich 1995 mit der Arbeit „Nummi signati. Untersuchungen zur römischen Münzprägung und Geldwirtschaft“ habilitierte, die 1999 im Druck erschien. Zuletzt war er seit dem Jahr 2000 in Nachfolge von Dietrich Mannsperger Leiter der Numismatischen Arbeitsstelle am Institut für Klassische Archäologie der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen. Damit steht einer bruchlosen Fortsetzung der Aktivitäten des Wiener Instituts, sicherlich begleitet von gewissen Neuausrichtungen, nichts im Wege. Aus Sicht des Instituts ist dieser Augenblick vielleicht der richtige, vielen Freunden und Gönnern, nah und fern, für ihre Unterstützung zu danken und sie zu bitten: Bleiben Sie uns auch weiterhin gewogen. Hubert Emmerig
ICOM and ICOMON in Shanghai The 22nd General Conference and 25th General Assembly of ICOM, the International Council of Museums, took place in Shanghai from 7th to 12th of November, 2010. The venue was the new congress centre – said to be the largest in the world – which a week before had still been reserved for the Shanghai World Expo. The conference had some 3 500 participants, among them INC President Carmen Arnold-Biucchi and Treasurer Tuukka Talvio. The conference theme was ”Museums for Social Harmony” and the keynote speeches addressed various aspects and ways of the role museums can play in environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability in the future. For some of them it was not quite easy to arrive in Shanghai on the opening day of the conference: because of the heavy fog on the coast, some of the flights had to turn back to Beijing, where a couple of hours were spent on the tarmac waiting for the clearing of the weather. This caused several hours’ delay, but most of the participants were nevertheless able to attend the opening ceremony, which concluded with a series of performances of traditional Chinese opera and ballet and a Chinese welcome banquet in the Golden Hall. At the general assembly Hans Martin Hintz from Germany was elected President of the ICOM suceeding Alissandra Cummins from Barbados for the next six years. The next conference will be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2013. ICOMON The Committee of Money and Banking Museums, an affiliated body of the INC, held its 17th annual meeting in conjunction with the general conference. As a subcommittee of the ICOM it is a museological organization and not primarily connected with the study of coins and numismatics. The theme was Money Museum and Its Cultural Contribution. There were some twenty papers, most of them in fact dealing with Chinese and Japanese monetary history, rather than the role of museums. It seems to be a recurring problem that the speakers at these S hanghai , TV O riental P earl T ower meetings do not always follow the guidelines. This is partly because the meetings are organized and financed by local institutions, which tend to act independently of the ICOMON. The Chinese were naturally keen to emphasize their rich numismatic heritage. There were also interesting presentations of the collections in Utrecht, the Money Museum in Zurich and the Museum of the Bank of Cyprus. As a whole, the conference was a success, and the various inevitable glitches in a conference of this scale were compensated by great hospitality and delicious Chinese cuisine. The programme included interesting visits to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and its bank museum, and to the Shanghai branches of the national mint and security printing house and their museum, and to the spectacular TV tower ’Oriental Pearl’, where the ICOMON delegates were received to the tunes of a brass band. In connection with the latter visit we could also see a museum presenting scenes from the old Shanghai.
O utgoing ICOMON P resident H ortensia von R oten
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The board of the ICOMON is elected at the general conferences. According to the rules, the chair person, Hortensia von Roten from Zürich, who has been a board member since the founding of the ICOMON in 1995, could not be re-elected and had to vacate her seat. She was replaced by Christel Schollaardt from the Money Museum in Utrecht. Schollaardt’s place as the secretary was filled by Elena Zapiti from Cyprus. There were also several other changes in the composition of the board, which includes representatives of various types of museums, and from different parts of the world. The INC Compte Rendu 58 (2011) will include a full report. The next annual meeting of the ICOMON will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus in October 2011. Tuukka Talvio
Carmen Arnold-Biucchi
150 Jahre Münzkabinett Winterthur, 1861–2011 Am 29. April 1861 übernahm ein junger Kaufmannssohn, Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer, die Betreuung der städtischen Münzsammlung in der Bibliothek; seither führt diese Sammlung als «Münzkabinett» ein Eigenleben, zunächst innerhalb der Bibliothek, und später, mit dem Umzug in die Villa Bühler 1982, als selbständige Institution. Genau 150 Jahre sind seither vergangen. Das Münzkabinett mit der Antikensammlung ist heute ein reges Museum mit einer international bedeutenden Sammlung. Es macht Ausstellungen zu vielfältigen Themen der Kulturgeschichte des Geldes und bietet museumspädagogische Aktivitäten für alle Stufen an, es ist Anlaufstelle für die Wissenschaft und betreibt selbst Forschung. Das Münzkabinett nimmt das Jubiläumsjahr zum Anlass, zurückzublicken, seine aktuelle Arbeit vorzustellen und die Zukunft ins Auge zu fassen.
Eingeläutet wurden die Feierlichkeiten am 2. Januar mit der erstmaligen Prägung der Jubiläumsmedaille im Rahmen des Ausklangs des Bibliotheksjubiläums. Seit dem 22. Januar ist die Sonderausstellung «150 Jahre Sammeln – Geschichten und Höhepunkte» zu sehen. Sie läuft parallel zur Ausstellung «Gold und Silber – Neues Geld im Spätmittelalter» bis Ende September 2011. Anhand von zehn Daten werden wichtige Stationen in der Geschichte der Institution beleuchtet. Dazu gehören die fast sechzigjährige Tätigkeit von Imhoof-Blumer im Münzkabinett, grosse Schenkungen wie jene von Carl Hüni 1941und jene von Gotthold Lessing 2005. Die Geschichte eines nie realisierten Umzugs des Münzkabinetts in das alte Rathaus wird erzählt und am Beispiel der Sammlungsbestände zu den Winterthurer Medailleuren Aberli wird sichtbar, wie das Museum heute sammelt. Im Jubiläumsjahr finden zahlreiche Veranstaltungen und Führungen statt. Den Anfang machen die Führungen «Museum am Mittag», «Museum am Abend» und «Museum am Samstag», in denen Mitarbeitende des Münzkabinetts unterschiedlichste Themen in den Ausstellungen vorstellen. Am 19. Juni findet ein Museumskonzert und am 2. Juli ein grosses Sommerfest im Park der Villa Bühler statt. Ein Schwerpunkt der Herbstveranstaltungen wird eine Partnerausstellung mit dem Münzkabinett des Kunsthistorischen Museums Wien zur griechischen Münzprägung sein, die am 3. November eröffnet wird. Ausserdem wird gegen Ende Jahr der dritte und abschliessende Band des Sammlungskatalogs der griechischen Münzen des Münzkabinetts erscheinen. Benedikt Zäch Alle aktuellen Informationen zu diesen und weiteren Veranstaltungen sind hier zu finden:
www.m u e n z k a b i n e tt . o r g
w w w. f a c e b o o k . com/muenzkabinett
www.twitter.com/muenzkabinett
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An International Conference on this topic was held at Spain’s Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) in Madrid on 15-17 March, 2010, as part of a series called Peninsular Encounters on Ancient Numismatics (IV EPNA). The coordinators were María Paz García-Bellido and Alicia Jiménez (Institute of History, CSIC) and Laurent Callegarin (Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour). Prof. J. H Kroll gave the final lecture on “Money of the Greeks and their Eastern neighbours before the advent of coinage, and after”. Her Royal Highness, the Queen of Spain, presided the closing ceremony of the international conference. Maria Paz García-Bellido
The 7th German Coin Collectors’ Meeting and 45th South German Coin Collectors’ Meeting,
3rd-5th September 2010 in Speyer (Rheinland-Pfalz) The 7th German and 45th South German Coin Collectors’ Meeting took place in Speyer (Rheinland-Pfalz) from 3rd-5th September 2010. The event was hosted by the Deutsche Numismatische Gesellschaft (DNG), the national numismatists’ association in Germany, together with the local Numismatische Gesellschaft Speyer (NGS). Its theme was “Numismatics on the Upper Rhine (Oberrhein)”. The gathering opened with the award of the Eligius Prize to Reiner Cunz (Hannover). The prize is bestowed on individuals who have made an outstanding contribution in the field of numismatics. In his address Helmut Schubert (Frankfurt am Main) praised Dr. Cunz; in particular his initiatives for the promotion of new talent in numismatics and his efforts to save the Welfensammlung for the public. The Welfensammlung is a collection of especial significance for the study of coinage in medieval Germany. Bernhard Overbeck (Munich) gave the laudatio. In the opening speech for the occasion, “Basel: Money and Numismatics on the Upper Rhine. An Artery for European Trade”, Michael Matzke (Basel) sketched the development of monetary circulation and the beginnings of coin production in the wider region from Antiquity to the High Middle Ages. The papers presented on Saturday developed the key speech in that they explored related themes such as the coin issues of particular towns and regions of the Upper Rhine area. In sum the Coin Collectors’ meetings provided a balanced overview of the coin production and monetary circulation on the Upper Rhine from its Celtic beginnings up to the Early Modern Era. This was complemented by the interesting and enjoyable excursion to the historic mint town of Weissenburg, on the opposite bank of the Rhine in Alsace. We would like to express our thanks to the committee and members of the NGS and their colleagues at the Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Speyer for the efficient planning and exemplary organisation of the weekend.
Claire Franklin
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Ulrich Werz
France, Orléans - Le Charaktèr du Prince. Expressions monétaires du pouvoir en temps de troubles, Colloque de l’Université d’Orléans
15 octobre 2010 Organisée par Arnaud Suspène (Université d’Orléans) et Frédérique Duyrat (BnF) dans le cadre du programme « Monnaie et Identité » des Universités d’Orléans et de Tours, France, la journée d’études s’est proposé d’apporter un éclairage sur le comportement de l’image du pouvoir, et particulièrement de l’image du Prince, lorsque le contexte historique et politique est perturbé. En effet, une étude de l’iconographie royale ou impériale en temps de transformation ou d’incertitude politique livre des enseignements sur la nature même des images monétaires, sur leur fonctionnement et sur leur réception, et permet de mieux comprendre leurs rapports avec le pouvoir. Le colloque a fait dialoguer des spécialistes de systèmes politiques variés, tous caractérisés par la présence d’un Prince, afin de déterminer si des phénomènes globaux se repèrent ou si l’on doit insister au contraire sur la spécificité de chaque contexte historique. L’enquête a donc procédé par coups de sonde dans les grandes monarchies méditerranéennes, dans le monde celte, dans le monde romain, sur un arc chronologique délibérément large. Les communications seront publiées en 2012 dans un numéro spécial des Cahiers d’Études Anciennes édités par l’Université Laval de Québec. Frédérique Duyrat
Sculpture and Coins: Margarete Bieber as Scholar and Collector
Harvard Art Museums, Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Symposium
Friday, April 29, 2011, 6 pm - Saturday, April 30, 2011, 8:30-6:30 pm In 2005 the Harvard Art Museums acquired the coin collection of the German archaeologist and art historian Margarete Bieber (1879-1978). Her work on Hellenistic and Roman sculpture and on the Roman Theater remains fundamental. This symposium around her coin collection will bring together art historians, historians and numismatists of different backgrounds and interests from the US and from Europe. It will focus on the interrelation of coins and sculpture with an emphasis on the development of Greek portraits and portraits of the Roman empresses, as well as on designs and personifications. Organized by Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, Damarete Curator of Ancient Coins in the Asian and Mediterranean Division. Speakers include: Annetta Alexandridis, Cornell University, Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, Harvard Art Museums, Martin Beckman, McMaster University, Larissa Bonfante, New York University, Barbara Borg, University of Exeter, Karsten Dahmen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Peter F. Mittag, University of Cologne, Matthias Recke, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, William E. Metcalf, Yale University.
Italia, Milano – Giornata di Studio I direttori della Rivista Italiana di Numismatica (1892-1979), Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità dell’Università degli Studi di Milano in collaborazione con la Società Numismatica Italiana,
27 maggio 2011
Sala Napoleonica dell’Università degli Studi di Milano
Programma G. Girola (Società Numismatica Italiana), Solone Ambrosoli, fondatore e primo direttore della RIN G. A. Sozz (Società Numismatica Italiana), I fratelli Gnecchi C. Perassi (Università Cattolica) , “I medaglioni romani” di Francesco Gnecchi M. Chiaravalle (Società Numismatica Italiana) , Francesco ed Ercole Gnecchi nella storia della moneta di Milano L. Passera (Università degli Studi di Udine) , l contributo di Nicolò Papadopoli e degli studiosi triestini nella Rivista B. Zäch (Münzkabinett und Antikensammlung der Stadt Winterthur) , La corrispondenza fra Francesco Gnecchi e Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer G. Gorini (Università degli Studi di Padova) , O.Ulrich Bansa collezionista e docente universitario M. Gionfini (Società Numismatica Italiana) , La direzione di Vico D’Incerti A. Savio (Università degli Studi di Milano) , Da Laffranchi a Panvini Rosati A. Saccocci (Università degli Studi di Udine), Conclusioni International Numismatic e-News — No 10 — February 2011 - p.7
3rd Simone Assemani Symposium on Islamic Coinage. Terzo Simposio Simone Assemani sulla monetazione islamica
Sapienza-University of Rome, 23-25 September 2011 The Proceedings of the 2nd S. Assemani Symposium on Islamic Coinage 2007 have been published by the University of Trieste see http : / / e u t . u n i t s . i t
The 3rd Simone Assemani Symposium will take place in Rome as it seems possible to put in context, not just ideally, Simone Assemani’s biography – Rome being the city where he studied and where the member of his renowned family worked for the Vatican Library and the Maronite College. The synergy between the University of Trieste and Rome intends to favour scientific exchanges among Arabists, Numismatists and researchers of other disciplines connected to the Middle East. Last, Rome is a destination within easy reach for all participants coming from abroad. The topic proposed for the 3rd Assemani Symposium is: Umayyad Coinage in Context: from the late Byzantine and Sassanian time to the early ‘Abbasid period (7th - 8th century) Some suggestions concerning the themes that could be tackled: 1) Coinage during transitional periods (late Umayyad-early ‘Abbasid issues); 2) Arab-Byzantine and Arab-Sassanian Coinages: chronology and iconography; 3) Contacts between Umayyad coinage and mediaeval Europe, Central Asia and the Orient; 4) Coin production and circulation (study of coin hoards, analysis of the output of one or more mints, …); 5) Literary sources related to the Umayyad coinage system; 6) Palaeography of coin inscriptions. We welcome, in any case, a broad range of submissions from across the various topics related to Islamic Numismatics, including (but not limited to) archaeological finds, history of collecting, history of Numismatic studies etc. Presentations can be in English, French, German and Italian and should not exceed 20/25 minutes. The registration form, the title of the speech and a brief abstract (max. 250 words) should be sent no later than the end of May 2011 to the following e-mail addresses: bcalleg h e r @ u n i t s . i t
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Conference submission can be sent in Doc, PDF and RTF format. Please, make sure to include your name, your institution, the title of your paper, and, if the case, the names of the other presenters. N.B. There is no official registration process, nor are there any fees; the Proceedings, edited by the convenors, will be published in a volume as well as in digital format; the cost of the journey and that of the stay must be paid by the participants: our budget is unfortunately too small to help out with travel expenses. However, we will make all our efforts to facilitate the stay. We are awaiting your adhesions in order to start convening the Symposium. Bruno Callegher Arianna D’Ottone
Exhibitions Athens Numismatic Museum, Greece
“Found underneath a tree root …”. Ancient Greek Coin Hoards in the Athens Numismatic Museum.
20 April - 31 December 2010 The exhibition aspires to convey the visitor from the mythology surrounding the ancient treasures to the richness of the ancient coin hoards kept at the Numismatic Museum. Emphasis is given on the conditions of their discovery, the causes behind their concealment as well as any information derived for their initial owners. Ancient hoards, buried inside walls, beneath floors, inside caves, in secret locations or elsewhere, are connected with historical events, offer information on the phenomenon of savings and attest to matters of coin circulation in Greece. Twenty-one ancient Greek coin hoards (5th – 1st cent. BC) from the Museum’s collections are on display in the exhibition. They contain 3,644 electrum, gold, silver, silver-plated and bronze coins. Two hoards from Epidaurus and Thebes, on loan from the IV and IX Ephorates of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities respectively, consisting of 549 coins and 498 pieces of gold jewellery, are also included in the presentation.
Copenhagen, Denmark The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals in the National Museum of Denmark joins the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Danish Numismatic Association by hosting a series of mini exhibitions presenting the collections of 8 of the members of the association. The first two exhibitions were inaugurated on October 6, 2010, and the last two will close on February 6, 2011. See full program on h t t p : / / w w w. n a t m u s . d k / s w 8 1 8 71.asp
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Websites Digital Library Numis (DLN) The main purpose of the project Digital Library Numis (DLN) is to establish a major portal and digital repository for open access publications on coins, medals and otherwise related numismatic subjects. The main body entains a gateway for a broad variety of many rare and often beautifully illustrated classics produced from the 16th until the early 20th century. But you will also find here a fine and steadily growing amount of digitized books and articles from a more recent date, especially useful as a additional research tool for professional numismatists, but also for other academics interested in the field and coin collectors. This work is still under heavy construction und will be improved and updated on a regular basis. Thijs Verspagen (webmaster DLN) For suggestions, further resources or reports on broken links please contact webmaster : NUMIS
http:// s i t e s . g o o g l e . c o m / s i t e / d i g i t a l l i b r a r y n u m i s
Programme ANR Nomisma, France Dans le cadre du programme « Nomisma. Usage de la monnaie en Méditerranée orientale (Ve-Ier s. a. C.). Réseaux d’échanges locaux, régionaux, internationaux », financé par l’Agence nationale de la recherche de 2007 à 2010, un site internet en présente les principaux résultats. La page d’accueil présente les objectifs du programme dont le but était notamment d’analyser la circulation monétaire d’après les trésors et les monnaies de fouilles. Quelques exemples précis sont développés et illustrés par des cartes interactives. Le programme ANR a participé à la constitution d’une base de données sur les trésors monétaires, en collaboration avec l’American Numismatic Society http://nomisma.org ) Un colloque s’est tenu à Athènes en avril 2010, « Nomisma. La circulation monétaire dans le monde grec antique ». Marie-Christine Marcellesi
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Programme ANR MONetA, France En réponse à l’appel à projets « Corpus » de l’Agence nationale de la Recherche, un programme ANR MONetA (Monnaie, Ouvrages de référence, Net, Accès) est en cours sous la coordination de S. Estiot (2008-2011). L’Empire romain connaît au IIIe siècle de n. è. une mutation drastique, auquel n’échappe pas son monnayage. Pour faire face à la crise qu’il vit depuis la fin de la dynastie antonine et qui trouvera son acmè dans la 2e moitié du siècle, l’État romain joue sur l’instrument de ses paiements : l’inflation (des centres de frappes, des signes monétaires) en est le signe le plus concret. L’étude de ce matériel primaire essentiel pour l’histoire politique, économique et idéologique de l’Empire bute sur son extrême abondance et son extrême éparpillement. Le programme MONetA vise à l’élaboration de deux corpus numismatiques de référence : celui du monnayage provincial romain consacré à la période des Sévères, 193-222 AD (Roman Provincial Coinage V, M. Amandry, Bibliothèque nationale de France, resp.) ; celui du monnayage central romain correspondant à la période de la « crise du IIIe siècle, 268-295 AD » (BNCMER XII.2 et 3; révision du RIC V.1/2, S. Estiot, CNRS, resp.) Sylviane Estiot
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New Books Greek and Roman Numismatics Roger Bland & Xavier Loriot, Roman and Early Byzantine Gold Coins found in Britain and Ireland (with an appendix on new finds from Graul), London, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publications 46, 2010. 372 p., 22 pl. - ISBN 0-901405-50-0 Jean-Pierre Callu, La monnaie dans l’Antiquité tardive. Trente-quatre études de 1972 à 2002, Bari : Edipuglia, 2010. 508 p. ISBN 978-88-7228-462-9 . Cristian Găzdac, Monetary Circulation in Dacia and the provinces from the Middle and Lower Danube from Trajan to Constantine I (AD 106-337), Cluj-Napoca: Mega Publishing House, 2010 (2nd edition, revised and added) (Coins from Roman sites and collections of Roman coins from Romania VII). 261 p. ISBN 978-606-543-040-2 . Dominique Hollard ed., L’Armée et la monnaie II. Actes de la journée d’études du 25 avril 2009 à la Monnaie de Paris, Paris : Recherches et travaux de la SENA 3, 2010. 120 p. ISBN 2-9526600-2-6-9782952660020 . Helle W. Horsnæs, Crossing Boundaries. An analysis of Roman coins in Danish Contexts. Vol. 1: Finds from Sealand, Funen and Jutland. Publications from the National Museum, Studies in Archaeology and History vol. 18: University Press of Southern Denmark, 2010 (www.universitypress.dk), 216 p. - ISBN 978 87 7602 133 7 The number of Roman coins found in Denmark has grown considerably during the last 30 years, and both the composition of the coin types and the contexts in which they are found have changed due to extensive use of metal detectors in archaeological research. The book combines archaeological and numismatic approaches to explore the role of the Roman coins in Danish Iron Age cultures, and compares the evidence from Denmark with finds from other parts of Barbaricum. A second volume, presenting the finds from Bornholm, is in preparation.
Anna Lina Morelli, Madri di uomini et di dèi. La rappresentazione della maternità attraverso la documentazione numismatica di epoca romana, Bologna, 2009 (Ricerche 1). 191 p. ISBN 978-88-7849-045-1 . Sebastian Sondermann, Neue Aurei, Quinare und Abschläge der gallischen Kaiser von Postumus bis Tetricus, Bonn, 2010, 224 p. Oğuz Tekin & Aliye Erol Özdizbay, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Turkey 4. Ancient Coins from Mysia, Troad and Aeolis in the Collection of Selçuk Tanrıkulu, Istanbul: Turkish Institute of Archaeology, 2010, 55 p. - ISBN 978-605-5607-24-1 . Adriana Travaglini & Valeria Giulia Camilleri ed., Hierapolis di Frigia IV. Hierapolis di Frigia, le monete, campagne di scavo 19572004. Missione Archeologica Italiana a Hierapolis di Frigia, Istanbul, 2010, 279 p., 15 pl. - ISBN 978-605-5607-10-4 .
Medieval and Modern Numismatics Herbert Ban & Ivan Mirnik, Der Friesacherfund von Čakovec, Glaux 18, Milano: Edizioni Ennerre, 2010, 240 p., XLVI pl. - ISBN 978-88-87235-70-8
Jean Duplessy, Les monnaies françaises féodales, tome II (Paris: Éditions Platt, 2010), 373 p., 1 528 monnaies décrites, plus de 1 000 illustrations - ISBN 978-2-9510355-5-3 (édition complète), 978-2-9510355-9-1 (tome II), Ce deuxième tome traite des monnaies frappées par les autorités féodales auxquelles le Roi de France avait délégué son droit de battre monnaie (principautés, duchés, comtés, vicomtés, marquisats, seigneuries, archevêchés, évêchés, prieurés, abbayes, cités), des fiefs situés dans les régions suivantes (appellations modernes) : Provence-Rhône-Alpes, dont Papes en Avignon, Vallée du Rhône, Savoie (ateliers situés en France), Dauphiné, Lyonnais, Dombes, Franche-Comté.
Ruth Pliego Vázquez, La moneda visigoda. I. Historia monetaria del Reino Visigodo de Toledo (c. 569-711), 313 p.; II. Corpus, 587 p., Sevilla: Universidad de Sevilla, 2009 - ISBN 978-84-472-1212-5 Gitte Tarnow Ingvardson, Møntbrug. Fra vikingetid til vendertogter (Coin use. From the Viking Age to the Vendic raids), Aarhus : Universitets Forlag, 2010 (www.unipress.dk), 132 p. - ISBN 978 87 7934 312 2 . The book explores the use of coins in Denmark in the period from Canute 1. the Great (1018-1035) to Valdemar 2. Sejr (1202-1241), and thereby the shift from barter trade to monetary economy. It reveals that the development was by no means a straightforward one: there is clear evidence of a recession in the first half of the 12th century, and there are obvious differences in the use of coins in various contexts. The research is based on all coin finds from Sealand and adjascent islands, and it is thus the first comprehensive regional study of coin finds from the early medieval period, assessed in local, national and international perspectives.
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Islamic numismatics Norman D. Nicol, Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean vol. 2. Early-post reform coinage, Oxford: Ashmolean Museum Oxford, 2009 - ISBN-10: 1-85444-238-3 ; ISBN-13: 978-1-85444-238-3
Medals and Jetons Denise Modonesi, Per una storia della medaglistica veronese. La collezione Eugenio Fornoni e la donazione Riccardo Cassini nel Medagliere dei Musei Civici (Comune di Verona, Civici Musei d’Arte), Verona: Edizioni Quasar, 2010. 138 p. 61 tav. ISBN 978-88-86899-74-1.
Museums and collections Coins of Macedonia in the Alpha Bank Collection, Athens: Alpha Bank, 2009, 148 p. - ISBN 978-960-98363-3-3. José María de Francisco Olmos & Feliciano Novoa Portela, Catalogo de numismática do Museo das Peregrinacións e de Santiago, Museo das Peregrinacións e de Santiago – Xunta de Galicia, 2009, 335 p. - ISBN 978-84-453-4674-7 John Casey, Sinope. A Catalogue of the Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins in Sinop Museum (Turkey) and Related Historical and Numismatic Studies (with contributions by Melih Arslan, Richard Brickstock and Julia Agnwe, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication 44, London, 2010 - ISBN 0-901405-39-6 Eckart Olshausen dir., Bronzemünzen aus der Zeit Mithradates’ VI. im Museum von Samsun, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2009, 192 p., 9 pl. - ISBN 978-3-515-09443-
Personalia Dr. Michael Alram (KHM, Vienne) reçoit le Jeton de vermeil de la Société française de numismatique Chaque année, la Société française de numismatique (SFN) décerne son Jeton de vermeil à un savant étranger en reconnaissance d’une contribution majeure à la science numismatique. Au titre de l’année 2010, cette distinction a été décernée par le collège des anciens présidents de la SFN (H. Zehnacker, M. Bompaire et G. Gautier) au Dr Michael Alram, directeur du Cabinet des médailles du Kunsthistorisches Museum de Vienne (Autriche). La remise du Jeton de vermeil de la SFN a eu lieu lors de la séance du 4 décembre. À cette occasion, le Dr Alram a prononcé une communication sous le titre suivant : « Monnayage, prestige et identité de Rome à Persépolis et en Chine ». Jean-Pierre Garnier
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Dr Alan Stahl receives the Royal Numismatic Society 2010 medal The Royal Numismatic Society has awarded the Society’s 2010 medal – its highest honour - to Dr Alan Stahl. In the President’s citation special mention was made of Stahl’s prize-winning Zecca: The Mint of Venice in the Middle Ages, 2000, which is now also available in Italian translation, but his more recent contribution to the superb 3 volume publication of The Book of Michael of Rhodes 2009 was also noted. A. Stahl, twice winner of the Heath Literary Award of the American Numismatic Association, has an enormous bibliography, but his contributions to numismatics extend far beyond his outstanding published work. His teaching, originally at the ANS, but subsequently at a number of American universities and currently at Princeton, has brought an understanding and appreciation of numismatics to a wide audience.
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