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Dear INC members and friendsThis Newsletter has been long inthe making and as President I haveto take responsibility for the de-lay. Going green and environmentalsustainability bring challenges andwe have reduced our two newslet-ters, paper and electronic to a soleone, this International Numismatice-Newsletter. From now on there willtwo issues of the INeN yearly: one inthe fall, at the beginning of the aca-

demic year (October/November), andone at the beginning of the calendaryear (January/February).The Compte Rendu, which is ourannual report, will continue to appear in print in early springbefore the Committee Meeting. To accomplish our goals,however, your help and input are crucial: send your newsand interesting articles to our able editors Sylviane Estiotand Benedikt Zch.Since the last issue everyone on the Committee has beenworking hard to nd ways to improve our communicationwith you, our publications and our website within the limitsof our budget, whose priority is to try to support youngscholars in our eld. Our Treasurer Tuukka Talvio and I at-

tended the ICOM and ICOMON Conference in Shanghaiand you will read about it below. It was a wonderful ex-perience and I very much hope that we shall expand ourcontacts with our Asian colleagues: China is the country ofthe future and numismatics must be part of it.We are planning the next Survey of Numismatic Research2008-2013. The section editors have been selected andwe shall meet in Milan in March to discuss the details andstart our work. The Societ Italiana di Numismatica and theUniversit degli studi di Milano, Dipartimento di scienzedellantichit have generously offered their hospitality:we are grateful to our colleagues Prof. Adriano Savio andLucia Travaini. After that we shall go to Winterthur for our an-

nual Committee meeting and celebrate the 150th anniversa-ry of the famous Coin Cabinet. Thanks to Benedikt Zch weshall 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 letme hear from you !

Chers membres et amis du CIN,Cette Newsletter lectronique vous parvient avec uncertain retard et en tant que Prsident jen assumepleine responsabilit: notre passage une publicationlectronique cologique dune INeN verte a pris plus detemps que prvu et nous avons rduit nos deux news-letters, papier et lectronique une seule, cette Inter-national Numismatic e-Newsletter. lavenir cependantnous nous engageons vous la transmettre deux foispar an, en automne au dbut de lanne acadmique,(octobre-novembre) et au dbut de lanne civile (jan-vier-fvrier). Le Compte rendu qui est notre rapport an-

nuel paratra comme dhabitude au dbut de lanneavant la runion annuelle du Bureau. Pour atteindre ce

but toutefois nous avons besoin de votre concours et de vosnouvelles : veuillez envoyer toute annonce ou article nosrdacteurs Sylviane Estiot et Benedikt Zch.Depuis le dernier numro de la INeN le Bureau a concentrses efforts sur une amlioration de nos moyens de commu-nication avec vous, nos publications et notre site, dans leslimites de notre budget. Comme vous le savez nos fondsservent avant tout soutenir les travaux de recherche de jeunes numismates.Il est tout aussi important dlargir notre communaut au-del de lEurope centrale et lAmrique du Nord. Dans cette

optique notre trsorier Tuukka Talvio et moi avons particip lAssemble gnrale de ICOM et ICOMON Shanghaien novembre (voir larticle ci-dessous). Ce fut une exp-rience magnique : la Chine est le pays de lavenir et lanumismatique doit en faire partie.La prparation du prochain Survey of Numismatic Research2008-2013 a commenc : les rdacteurs des diffrentessections ont t slectionns et nous allons nous runir Milan en mars pour organiser le travail. Nous serons leshtes de la Societ Italiana di Numismatica et de lUniver-sit degli studi di Milano, Dipartimento di scienze dellan-tichit. Je tiens exprimer toute notre reconnaissance nos collgues Prof. Adriano Savio et Lucia Travaini. Ensuite

nous irons Winterthur pour la runion annuelle du Bu-reau et pour clbrer les 150 ans de lillustre Cabinet desMonnaies. Grce Benedikt Zch la ville nous accueilleracomme htes dhonneur. Vous pourrez lire les dtails dansla 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 opportu-nity to work hands-on with one of the worlds 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 themethods, theories, and history of the discipline. In addition to the lecture program, students will select a numismatic researchtopic 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 bodyof evidence that is often overlooked and poorly understood. Successful applicants are typically doctoral candidates or juniorfaculty in a related discipline, but MA candidates are admitted as well.This years Visiting Scholar will be Dr. David Wigg-Wolf, Researcher at the Rmisch-Germanische Kommission of the GermanArcheological Institute. Dr. Wigg-Wolf is well known for his research and publications on the Iron Age and Roman coinagesof 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 S ummer Seminar page of our website:www.numismatics.org/Seminaror contact the Seminar Co-Director, Richard Witschonke, atWitschonke@numismat ics.org

Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC, USA

Dumbarton Oaks fourth summer program on Byzantine numismatics and sigillography

July 529, 2011

The program will be under the direction of Dr. Ccile Morrisson, Advisor for Byzantine Numismatics,Dr Eric McGeer, Advisor for Byzantine Sigillography and Dr. Vivien Prigent (CNRS).

Admission requirementsApplicants must be a doctoral student or junior faculty member in some area of Byzantine Studies. Candidates should have areading 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 sealsand coins and the use of coins and seals as evidence for Byzantine literary, political, economic and art history. In separateworkshop sessions students will be instructed how to read Byzantine coins, date them and write a catalog entry. Students willpresent to the group a pre-determined research topic or a group of coins or seals which they will have transcribed and datedby their own efforts. Special topics, such as digital imagery, construction of maps, statistical treatment and databases will alsobe examined.

Accommodation and expenses

Successful candidates will receive free housing and breakfast, in addition to lunch on weekdays. They are, however, res-ponsible for their own transportation costs.

Application procedureApplicants 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 specic reasons for wishing tobe included in the summer program. All applicants should include a curriculum vitae; doctoral candidates should arrange forthe sending of a transcript of their graduate school record. Two letters of recommendation should be sent separately, at leastone of them from a faculty member who has instructed the candidate in an area of Byzantine studies. Selection criteria willinclude a demonstrated need for the seminar and the candidates present and future research projects.

For further information, write Margaret Mullett Mul le t tM@doaks.org or Ccile Morrisson Morr issonC@doaks.org.

See also http://www.doaks.org (Byzantine Studies).

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nstitutions

Numismatische Professur in Wien neu besetzt

Im Jahr 2010 erreichte Professor Dr. Wolfgang Hahn am Institut fr Numismatik und Geldgeschichte der Universitt Wien dasPensionsalter ; mit Ende September 2010, zum Ende des Sommersemesters, wurde er deshalb in den Ruhestand versetzt. Fastgenau 20 Jahre hat Wolfgang Hahn die Geschicke des Instituts bestimmt, ber mehrere neue Universittsgesetze hinweg unddurch andere Reformen hindurch, die die Mglichkeiten numismatischer Studien in Wien manchmal ernsthaft in Frage stellten.Die Bemhungen, die Numismatik wieder zu einem regulren Studiengang zu machen, blieben zwar erfolglos ; mit dem seit

2008 eingerichteten Individuellen Masterstudium Numismatik und Geldgeschichte ist aber eine sinnvolle numismatische Aus-bildung in einer gewissen Breite mglich.

Den Anspruch, den die Umbenennung des Jahres 1978 in Institut fr Numismatik erhob,nmlich die Abdeckung des Faches ber alle zeitlichen Epochen hinweg, konnte er mit seinenumfassenden Kenntnissen wirklich mit Leben erfllen. Die neuerliche Umbenennung im Jahr2000 zum Institut fr Numismatik und Geldgeschichte, von Wolfgang Hahn selbst betrieben,sollte deutlich machen, dass wir die Numismatik nicht als Selbstzweck, sondern als unverzicht-baren Teil der Geschichte sehen, dass wir also mit numismatischen Fragestellungen ber denengen Rand der Mnze hinausschauen.

In einer feierlichen Verabschiedung am 20. Oktober 2010 wurde insbesondere die wissens-chaftliche Leistung von Wolfgang Hahn gewrdigt. Diese Aufgabe bernahm Ccile Morrisson

aus Paris, die schon seit den frhen 1970er Jahren in seinem vielleicht wichtigsten Arbeitsge-biet, der byzantinischen Mnzprgung, in regelmigem und freundschaftlichem Kontakt mitihm steht. Den Rahmen fr diese ausfhrliche Laudatio bildeten kurze Wrdigungen durchden Dekan der Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftlichen Fakultt, Prof. Dr. Michael Schwarz, unddurch die Studentenvertreterin am Institut, Anna Fabiankowitsch, im Namen der Studierenden.

Das Institut ntzte die Gelegenheit, die diese schwerwiegende nderung im Personalstandbot, zur Stiftung der Wolfgang Hahn-Medaille fr Verdienste um das Institut fr Numisma-

tik und Geldgeschichte der Universitt Wien. Erster Preistrger ist der Namensgeber selbst ; die Medaille steht aber auch inZukunft dem Institut zur Verfgung, um sich fr herausragende Frderung und Hilfe zu bedanken. Gestaltet wurde die Medaillevom bedeutendsten sterreichischen Medailleur der Gegenwart, Professor Helmut Zobl. Sie erinnert in Text und Bild an diebeiden ersten Professoren am Institut, Robert Gbl und Wolfgang Hahn ; sie thematisiert in vielfltigen Anspielungen derenArbeitsgebiete und Forschungsinteressen. Wie immer hat Helmut Zobl die Stempel direkt negativ geschnitten.

Ermglicht wurde die Stiftung dieser Medaille durch zwei grozgige Sponsoren. Dr. Alain Baron von der Firma Numisma-

Dr. CCile morrisson

tica Genevensis SA in Genf bernahm die Kosten des Stempelschnitts. DieMnze sterreich sorgte fr die gesamte technische Durchfhrung, von

der Lieferung des Stempelstahls und der Schrtlinge in Silber und Kup-fer bis zur Prgung selbst.

Im Rahmen der Feierstunde erhielt Wolfgang Hahn das erste (silberne)Exemplar dieser Medaille zum Dank fr seinen 20-jhrigen Einsatz frdas Institut. Helmut Zobl kommentierte sein jngstes Werk in seiner

bekannt eigenwilligen Weise. Die kupfernen Exemplare werden als Be-legstcke wichtigen ffentlichen Mnzsammlungen bergeben.

Auch der Geehrte selbst trug zur Veranstaltung bei. Ein launiger Rckblick auf

seinen bisherigen Lebensweg vom Studium bis zur Ttigkeit am Institut erfreute die Gste mit mancher Anekdote. Die Feiers-tunde klang mit einem Buffet afrikanischer Kstlichkeiten aus, die zwar nicht gerade direkt aus thiopien kamen, aber dochauf die thiopischen Forschungsinteressen von Wolfgang Hahn verwiesen. Die Veranstaltung, die in der ehemaligen Kapelledes frheren Allgemeinen Krankenhauses der Stadt Wien stattfand, das heute die Funktion eines Campus der UniversittWien erfllt, wurde von der Mnzenhandlung Mag. Michael Meister in Ludwigsburg untersttzt. Dass wir mit Alain Baron undMichael Meister zwei frhe Absolventen des Instituts zu diesem Anlass als grozgige Sponsoren gewinnen konnten, freutuns ganz besonders.

Etwa ebenso lang, wie Wolfgang Hahn am Institut ttig war, gibt es auch schon das halbjhrlich erscheinende Mitteilungsblattunseres Instituts, von dem zuletzt Nr. 41 fr das Wintersemester 2010 erschien. In einem Sonderheft, Nr. 41a, wurde dieseFestveranstaltung dokumentiert. Hier sind die Laudationes ebenso abgedruckt wie die rckblickenden Betrachtungen vonWolfgang Hahn. Praktischen Wert hat ein Schriftenverzeichnis von Wolfgang Hahn, fr das immerhin fast 350 Titel (ohne Re-zensionen) ermittelt werden konnten. Hier nden sich auerdem die Statuten fr zuknftige Verleihungen der Wolfgang Hahn-

Medaille und Gedanken von Helmut Zobl zu seinem Werk. Die Herstellung dieses Heftes bernahm wieder die Hausdruckereider Oesterreichischen Nationalbank, die schon seit Jahren auch regelmig das Mitteilungsblatt druckt.

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Nachbesetzungen von Professuren gelingen nur selten ohne zwischenzeitliche Vakanzen. Umsomehr freut es uns, dass es nach vielfltigen Hrden doch noch in der letzten Septemberwochezur Vertragsunterzeichnung zwischen der Universitt Wien und Reinhard Wolters kam, der somitnach einer Vakanz von nur fnf Tagen am 6. Oktober 2010 seine neue Stelle als Univ.-Prof. frNumismatik und Geldgeschichte in Wien antreten konnte.

Reinhard Wolters, Jahrgang 1958, war nach einem Studium der Geschichte, Germanistik, Publi-zistik und Katholischen Theologie als Assistent an der TU Braunschweig ttig, an der er sich 1995mit der Arbeit Nummi signati. Untersuchungen zur rmischen Mnzprgung und Geldwirtschaft

habilitierte, die 1999 im Druck erschien. Zuletzt war er seit dem Jahr 2000 in Nachfolge vonDietrich Mannsperger Leiter der Numismatischen Arbeitsstelle am Institut fr Klassische Archo-logie der Eberhard-Karls-Universitt Tbingen.Damit steht einer bruchlosen Fortsetzung der Aktivitten des Wiener Instituts, sicherlich begleitetvon gewissen Neuausrichtungen, nichts im Wege. Aus Sicht des Instituts ist dieser Augenblickvielleicht der richtige, vielen Freunden und Gnnern, nah und fern, fr ihre Untersttzung zu dan-ken 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 Shan-

ghai from 7th to 12th of November, 2010. The venue was the new congress centre said to be the largest in the world whicha week before had still been reserved for the Shanghai World Expo. The conference had some 3 500 participants, amongthem INC President Carmen Arnold-Biucchi and Treasurer Tuukka Talvio. The conference theme was Museums for SocialHarmony 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 fogon the coast, some of the ights had to turn back to Beijing, where a couple of hours were spent on the tarmac waiting forthe clearing of the weather. This caused several hours delay, but most of the participants were nevertheless able to attendthe 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 electedPresident of the ICOM suceeding Alissandra Cummins from Barbados

for the next six years. The next conference will be held in Rio de Janeiroin 2013.

ICOMON

The Committee of Money and Banking Museums, an afliated bodyof the INC, held its 17th annual meeting in conjunction with the gene-ral conference. As a subcommittee of the ICOM it is a museologicalorganization and not primarily connected with the study of coins andnumismatics. The theme was Money Museum and Its Cultural Contri-bution. There were some twenty papers, most of them in fact dealingwith Chinese and Japanese monetary history, rather than the role ofmuseums. It seems to be a recurring problem that the speakers at these

meetings do not always follow the guidelines. This is partly because themeetings are organized and nanced by local institutions, which tend

to act independently of the ICOMON. The Chinese were naturally keen to empha-size their rich numismatic heritage. There were also interesting presentations of thecollections in Utrecht, the Money Museum in Zurich and the Museum of the Bankof Cyprus. As a whole, the conference was a success, and the various inevitableglitches in a conference of this scale were compensated by great hospitality anddelicious Chinese cuisine.

The programme included interesting visits to the Industrial and Commercial Bank ofChina (ICBC) and its bank museum, and to the Shanghai branches of the nationalmint and security printing house and their museum, and to the spectacular TV towerOriental 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 presentingscenes from the old Shanghai.

Dr. reinharD Wolters

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150 Jahre Mnzkabinett Winterthur, 18612011

Am 29. April 1861 bernahm ein junger Kaufmannssohn, Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer, die Betreuung derstdtischen Mnzsammlung in der Bibliothek; seither fhrt diese Sammlung als Mnzkabinett einEigenleben, zunchst innerhalb der Bibliothek, und spter, mit dem Umzug in die Villa Bhler 1982,als selbstndige Institution.

Genau 150 Jahre sind seither vergangen. Das Mnzkabinett mit derAntikensammlung ist heute ein reges Museum mit einer internatio-

nal bedeutenden Sammlung. Es macht Ausstellungen zu vielfltigenThemen der Kulturgeschichte des Geldes und bietet museumspda-gogische Aktivitten fr alle Stufen an, es ist Anlaufstelle fr die Wis-senschaft und betreibt selbst Forschung. Das Mnzkabinett nimmtdas Jubilumsjahr zum Anlass, zurckzublicken, seine aktuelleArbeit vorzustellen und die Zukunft ins Auge zu fassen.

Eingelutet wurden die Feierlichkeiten am 2. Januar mitder erstmaligen Prgung der Jubilumsmedaille im Rah-men des Ausklangs des Bibliotheksjubilums. Seit dem22. Januar ist die Sonderausstellung 150 Jahre Sammeln Geschichten und Hhepunkte zu sehen. Sie luft pa-rallel zur Ausstellung Gold und Silber Neues Geld imSptmittelalter bis Ende September 2011.

Anhand von zehn Daten werden wichtige Stationen in derGeschichte der Institution beleuchtet. Dazu gehren die

fast sechzigjhrige Ttigkeit von Imhoof-Blumer im Mnzkabinett, grosse Schenkungen wie jene von Carl Hni 1941und jenevon Gotthold Lessing 2005. Die Geschichte eines nie realisierten Umzugs des Mnzkabinetts in das alte Rathaus wird erzhltund am Beispiel der Sammlungsbestnde zu den Winterthurer Medailleuren Aberli wird sichtbar, wie das Museum heute sam-melt.

Im Jubilumsjahr nden zahlreiche Veranstaltungen und Fhrungen statt. Den Anfang machen die Fhrungen Museum amMittag, Museum am Abend und Museum am Samstag, in denen Mitarbeitende des Mnzkabinetts unterschiedlichsteThemen in den Ausstellungen vorstellen. Am 19. Juni ndet ein Museumskonzert und am 2. Juli ein grosses Sommerfest imPark der Villa Bhler statt.

Ein Schwerpunkt der Herbstveranstaltungen wird eine Partnerausstellung mit dem Mnzkabinett des Kunsthistorischen Mu-seums Wien zur griechischen Mnzprgung sein, die am 3. November erffnet wird. Ausserdem wird gegen Ende Jahr der dritteund abschliessende Band des Sammlungskatalogs der griechischen Mnzen des Mnzkabinetts erscheinen.

Benedikt Zch

Alle aktuellen Informationen zu diesen und weiteren Veranstaltungen sind hier zu finden:

www.muenzkabinett.org www.facebook.com/muenzkabinett www.twitter.com/muenzkabinett

The board of the ICOMON is elected at the general conferences. According to the rules, the chair person, Hortensia von Rotenfrom Zrich, who has been a board member since the founding of the ICOMON in 1995, could not be re-elected and had tovacate her seat. She was replaced by Christel Schollaardt from the Money Museum in Utrecht. Schollaardts place as the se-cretary was lled by Elena Zapiti from Cyprus. There were also several other changes in the composition of the board, whichincludes 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

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Colloquia

Barter, money and coinage in the Ancient Mediterranean (10 th -1st centuries BC)

An International Conference on this topic was held at Spains Councilfor Scientic Research (CSIC) in Madrid on 15-17 March, 2010, aspart of a series called Peninsular Encounters on Ancient Numismatics

(IV EPNA). The coordinators were Mara Paz Garca-Bellido and AliciaJimnez (Institute of History, CSIC) and Laurent Callegarin (Universitde Pau et des Pays de lAdour). Prof. J. H Kroll gave the nal lecture onMoney of the Greeks and their Eastern neighbours before the adventof coinage, and after.Her Royal Highness, the Queen of Spain, presided the closing cere-mony of the international conference.

Maria Paz Garca-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 (Rhein-land-Pfalz) from 3rd-5th September 2010. The event was hosted by the Deutsche Numisma-tische Gesellschaft (DNG), the national numismatists association in Germany, together withthe local Numismatische Gesellschaft Speyer (NGS). Its theme was Numismatics on theUpper 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 theeld 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 tosave the Welfensammlung for the public. The Welfensammlung is a collection of especialsignicance 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 widerregion 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 ofparticular 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 theUpper Rhine from its Celtic beginnings up to the Early Modern Era. This was complemented by the interesting and enjoyableexcursion 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 Kreiss-parkasse Speyer for the efcient planning and exemplary organisation of the weekend.

Claire Franklin Ulrich Werz

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France, Orlans - Le Charaktrdu Prince. Expressions montaires du pouvoir en temps de troubles,Colloque de lUniversit dOrlans

15 octobre 2010

Organise par Arnaud Suspne (Universit dOrlans) et Frdrique Duyrat (BnF)dans le cadre du programme Monnaie et Identit des Universits dOrlans etde Tours, France, la journe dtudes sest propos dapporter un clairage surle comportement de limage du pouvoir, et particulirement de limage du Prince,

lorsque le contexte historique et politique est perturb.

En effet, une tude de liconographie royale ou impriale en temps de transfor-mation ou dincertitude politique livre des enseignements sur la nature mme desimages montaires, sur leur fonctionnement et sur leur rception, et permet demieux comprendre leurs rapports avec le pouvoir.

Le colloque a fait dialoguer des spcialistes de systmes politiques varis, touscaractriss par la prsence dun Prince, an de dterminer si des phnomnesglobaux se reprent ou si lon doit insister au contraire sur la spcicit de chaquecontexte historique. Lenqute a donc procd par coups de sonde dans lesgrandes monarchies mditerranennes, dans le monde celte, dans le monderomain, sur un arc chronologique dlibrment large.

Les communications seront publies en 2012 dans un numro spcial des Cahiersdtudes Anciennes dits par lUniversit Laval de Qubec.

Frdrique Duyrat

Sculpture and Coins: Margarete Bieber as Scholar and CollectorHarvard 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 interestsfrom the US and from Europe. It will focus on the interrelation of coins and sculpture with an emphasis on the developmentof Greek portraits and portraits of the Roman empresses, as well as on designs and personications. Organized by CarmenArnold-Biucchi, Damarete Curator of Ancient Coins in the Asian and Mediterranean Division.

Speakers include: Annetta Alexandridis, Cornell University, Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, Harvard Art Museums, MartinBeckman, McMaster University, Larissa Bonfante, New York University, Barbara Borg, University of Exeter, KarstenDahmen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Peter F. Mittag, University of Cologne, Matthias Recke, Justus-Liebig-UniversittGiessen, William E. Metcalf, Yale University.

Italia, Milano Giornata di Studio I direttori della Rivista Italiana di Numismatica (1892-1979),

Dipartimento di Scienze dellAntichit dellUniversit degli Studi di Milano in collaborazionecon la Societ Numismatica Italiana,

27 maggio 2011Sala Napoleonica dellUniversit degli Studi di Milano

Programma

G. Girola (Societ Numismatica Italiana),Solone Ambrosoli, fondatore e primo direttore della RING. A. Sozz (Societ Numismatica Italiana),I fratelli GnecchiC. Perassi (Universit Cattolica), I medaglioni romani di Francesco GnecchiM. Chiaravalle (Societ Numismatica Italiana), Francesco ed Ercole Gnecchi nella storia della moneta di MilanoL. Passera (Universit degli Studi di Udine),l contributo di Nicol Papadopoli e degli studiosi triestini nella RivistaB. Zch (Mnzkabinett und Antikensammlung der Stadt Winterthur), La corrispondenza fra Francesco Gnecchi e Frie-drich Imhoof-BlumerG. Gorini (Universit degli Studi di Padova), O.Ulrich Bansa collezionista e docente universitarioM. Gionni (Societ Numismatica Italiana), La direzione di Vico DIncertiA. Savio (Universit degli Studi di Milano), Da Laffranchi a Panvini RosatiA. Saccocci (Universit degli Studi di Udine), Conclusioni

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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 Triesteseehttp:/ /eut.un i ts . i t

The 3rd Simone Assemani Symposium will take place in Rome as it seems possible to put in context, not just ideally, SimoneAssemanis biography Rome being the city where he studied and where the member of his renowned family worked for theVatican Library and the Maronite College.

The synergy between the University of Trieste and Rome intends to favour scientic exchanges among Arabists, Numismatistsand researchers of other disciplines connected to the Middle East. Last, Rome is a destination within easy reach for all parti-cipants 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, inclu-ding (but not limited to) archaeological nds, history of collecting, history of Numismatic studies etc. Presentations can be inEnglish, 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 ofMay 2011 to the following e-mail addresses:

bca l legher@uni ts. i t ar ianna.dottone@uni roma1. i t

Conference submission can be sent in Doc, PDF and RTF format. Please, make sure to include your name, your institution, thetitle 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 jour ney 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 DOttone

Athens Numismatic Museum, GreeceFound 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 ancientcoin hoards kept at the Numismatic Museum. Emphasis is given on the conditions of their discovery, the causes behind theirconcealment as well as any information derived for their initial owners.Ancient hoards, buried inside walls, beneath oors, inside caves, in secret locations or elsewhere, are connected with historicalevents, 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 Museums collections are on display in the exhibition. Theycontain 3,644 electrum, gold, silver, silver-plated and bronze coins. Two hoards from Epidaurus and Thebes, on loan from theIV and IX Ephorates of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities respectively, consisting of 549 coins and 498 pieces of gold jewel-lery, 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 ofthe Danish Numismatic Association by hosting a series of mini exhibitions presenting the collections of 8 of the members ofthe association. The rst two exhibitions were inaugurated on October 6, 2010, and the last two will close on February 6, 2011.

See full program onhttp:/ /www.natmus.dk/sw81871.asp

Exhibitions

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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 ac-cess publications on coins, medals and otherwise related numismatic subjects. The main body entains a gateway for a broadvariety of many rare and often beautifully illustrated classics produced from the 16th until the early 20th century. But you willalso nd here a ne and steadily growing amount of digitized books and articles from a more recent date, especially useful asa additional research tool for professional numismatists, but also for other academics interested in the eld 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

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Websites

Programme ANR Nomisma, France

Dans le cadre du programme Nomisma. Usage de la monnaie en Mditerrane orientale (Ve-Ier s. a. C.). Rseaux

dchanges locaux, rgionaux, internationaux , nanc par lAgence nationale de la recherche de 2007 2010, un site in-ternet en prsente les principaux rsultats. La page daccueil prsente les objectifs du programme dont le but tait no-tamment danalyser la circulation montaire daprs les trsors et les monnaies de fouilles. Quelques exemples pr-cis sont dvelopps et illustrs par des cartes interactives. Le programme ANR a particip la constitution dune basede donnes sur les trsors montaires, en collaboration avec lAmerican Numismatic Society http:/ /nomisma.org)Un colloque sest tenu Athnes en avril 2010, Nomisma. La circulation montaire dans le monde grec antique .

Marie-Christine Marcellesi

http://www.nomisma.par is-sorbonne.fr

Programme ANR MONetA, France

En rponse lappel projets Corpus de lAgence nationale de la Recherche, un pro-gramme ANR MONetA (Monnaie, Ouvrages de rfrence, Net, Accs) est en cours sous lacoordination de S. Estiot (2008-2011).LEmpire romain connat au IIIe sicle de n. . une mutation drastique, auquel nchappe pas son monnayage. Pour faire face la crise quil vit depuis la n de la dynastie antonine et qui trouvera son acm dans la 2e moiti du sicle, ltat romain jouesur linstrument de ses paiements : lination (des centres de frappes, des signes montaires) en est le signe le plus concret.Ltude de ce matriel primaire essentiel pour lhistoire politique, conomique et idologique de lEmpire bute sur son extrmeabondance et son extrme parpillement.Le programme MONetA vise llaboration de deux corpus numismatiques de rfrence : celui du monnayage provincialromain consacr la priode des Svres, 193-222 AD (Roman Provincial Coinage V, M. Amandry, Bibliothque nationalede France, resp.) ; celui du monnayage central romain correspondant la priode de la crise du IIIe sicle, 268-295 AD

(BNCMER XII.2 et 3; rvision 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 newnds 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 lAntiquit tardive. Trente-quatre tudes de 1972 2002, Bari : Edipuglia, 2010. 508 p.

ISBN 978-88-7228-462-9.

Cristian G zdac, Monetary Circulation in Dacia and the provinces from the Middle and Lower Danube from Trajan to Constan-tine I (AD 106-337), Cluj-Napoca: Mega Publishing House, 2010 (2nd edition, revised and added) (Coins from Roman sites andcollections of Roman coins from Romania VII). 261 p. ISBN 978-606-543-040-2.

Dominique Hollard ed., LArme et la monnaie II. Actes de la journe dtudes du 25 avril 2009 la Monnaie de Paris, Paris :Recherches et travaux de la SENA 3, 2010. 120 p. ISBN 2-9526600-2-6-9782952660020.

Helle W. Horsns, Crossing Boundaries. An analysis of Roman coins in Danish Contexts. Vol. 1: Finds from Sealand, Funenand Jutland. Publications from the National Museum, Studies in Archaeology and History vol. 18: University Press of SouthernDenmark, 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 composi-tion 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 di. La rappresentazione della maternit attraverso la documentazione numismatica diepoca romana, Bologna, 2009 (Ricerche 1). 191 p. ISBN 978-88-7849-045-1.Sebastian Sondermann, Neue Aurei, Quinare und Abschlge der gallischen Kaiser von Postumus bis Tetricus, Bonn, 2010,224 p.

Ouz Tekin & Aliye Erol zdizbay, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Turkey 4. Ancient Coins from Mysia, Troad and Aeolis in theCollection of Seluk Tanrkulu, 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 1957-2004. 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 akovec, Glaux 18, Milano: Edizioni Ennerre, 2010, 240 p., XLVI pl. - ISBN978-88-87235-70-8

Jean Duplessy, Les monnaies franaises fodales, tome II (Paris: ditions Platt, 2010), 373 p., 1 528 monnaies dcrites, plusde 1 000 illustrations - ISBN 978-2-9510355-5-3 (dition complte), 978-2-9510355-9-1 (tome II),

Ce deuxime tome traite des monnaies frappes par les autorits fodales auxquelles le Roi de France avait dlgu son

droit de battre monnaie (principauts, duchs, comts, vicomts, marquisats, seigneuries, archevchs, vchs, prieurs,abbayes, cits), des fiefs situs dans les rgions suivantes (appellations modernes) : Provence-Rhne-Alpes, dont Papes

en Avignon, Valle du Rhne, Savoie (ateliers situs en France), Dauphin, Lyonnais, Dombes, Franche-Comt.

Ruth Pliego Vzquez, 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 978-84-472-1212-5Gitte Tarnow Ingvardson, Mntbrug. 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 diffe-

rences 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 l ocal, nationaland international perspectives.

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Dr. Michael Alram (KHM, Vienne) reoit le Jeton de vermeil de

la Socit franaise de numismatique

Chaque anne, la Socit franaise de numismatique (SFN) dcerne sonJeton de vermeil un savant tranger en reconnaissance dune contributionmajeure la science numismatique. Au titre de lanne 2010, cette distinction

a t dcerne par le collge des anciens prsidents de la SFN (H. Zehnacker,M. Bompaire et G. Gautier) au Dr Michael Alram, directeur du Cabinet desmdailles du Kunsthistorisches Museum de Vienne (Autriche). La remise duJeton de vermeil de la SFN a eu lieu lors de la sance du 4 dcembre. cetteoccasion, le Dr Alram a prononc une communication sous le titre suivant : Monnayage, prestige et identit de Rome Perspolis et en Chine .

Jean-Pierre Garnier

Dr Alan Stahl receives the Royal Numismatic Society 2010 medal

The Royal Numismatic Society has awarded the Societys

2010 medal its highest honour - to Dr Alan Stahl. In thePresidents citation special mention was made of Stahlsprize-winning Zecca: The Mint of Venice in the MiddleAges, 2000, which is now also available in Italian trans-lation, but his more recent contribution to the superb 3volume publication of The Book of Michael of Rhodes2009 was also noted.

A. Stahl, twice winner of the Heath Literary Award ofthe American Numismatic Association, has an enormousbibliography, but his contributions to numismatics ex-

tend far beyond his outstanding published work. Histeaching, originally at the ANS, but subsequently at anumber of American universities and currently at Prin-

ceton, has brought an understanding and appreciationof numismatics to a wide audience.

Nick Mayhew

Personalia

Islamic numismatics

Norman D. Nicol, Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean vol. 2. Early-post reform coinage, Oxford: Ashmolean MuseumOxford, 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 Cassininel Medagliere dei Musei Civici (Comune di Verona, Civici Musei dArte), 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.

Jos Mara de Francisco Olmos & Feliciano Novoa Portela, Catalogo de numismtica do Museo das Peregrinacins e de San-tiago, Museo das Peregrinacins 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 Historicaland Numismatic Studies (with contributions by Melih Arslan, Richard Brickstock and Julia Agnwe, Royal Numismatic SocietySpecial Publication 44, London, 2010 - ISBN 0-901405-39-6

Eckart Olshausen dir., Bronzemnzen aus der Zeit Mithradates VI. im Museum von Samsun, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag,2009, 192 p., 9 pl. - ISBN 978-3-515-09443-

miChael alram (g.) , rCiPienDaireDu JetonDeVermeilDela sfn et georges gautier (Dr .) ,anCien PrsiDentDela sfn

Dr alan stahl

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