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The President’s Note

Dear INC members, dear colleagues and friends,

First I want to wish you all a very happy and produc-tive numismatic New Year! 2012 brings us closer to our XVth International Congress in Messina/Taormina and you will read the progress we have made in this is-sue. The Survey of Numis-matic Research 2008-2013 is one of our major tasks and services to the disci-pline: Maria Caltabiano and I have selected the sec-tions editors and planned the structure and timeline for production and publica-

tion, as you read in the previous INeN. They have now in turn worked on finding contributors for the different areas, among the best specialists in the field and you will find here an almost complete list.There have been many activities, exhibitions, publications that show that numismatics remains a broad topic of scho-larly activity at all levels. It is our job, all together, to conti-nue to foster interest and collaboration. As usual I also have some sad news: the passing of some of our colleagues to whom we wish to pay tribute. The most alarming news are the effects of the economic crisis, in par-ticular the financial problems within the EU, on many of our member institutions. There have been lay-offs and forced early retirements at the Numismatic Museum in Athens for instance. The most drastic cuts are taking place as I write at the Geldmuseum in Utrecht, where practically the entire staff seems to be on the way out. We want to express our deep concern and our support for our colleagues. We are shocked that numismatics and an institution like the Geld-museum can be considered “dispensable.” It seems short-sighted: the cultural consequences of suppressing “small fields” can be disastrous for our society. To quote the late Elvira Clain-Stefanelli1 numismatics is: “a historical investi-gation that traces cultural evolution through one of

the basic aspects of everyday human life: money.” Money museums can do so much for our youth! As the motto of the ANS proclaims: “Parva ne pereunt,” let not the small things perish, for it would undermine our future.

My words of sympathy won’t do much for those losing their jobs. Let me know what action we can take: the INC will offer whatever support it can.

Reports from Institutions

Severe Cutbacks at the Geldmuseum UtrechtSince the merger of the Royal Coin Cabinet, the Dutch Mint Museum and the numismatic collection of the Dutch Cen-tral Bank in 2004, the new Geldmuseum has struggled with serious budgetary problems.Soon after the opening of the museum in 2007, the attitudes of the Founding Fathers, the Dutch Ministry of Culture, the Dutch Ministry of Finance and the Dutch Central Bank, appeared not to be as required for a healthy future. Espe-cially the rental fee for the building is excessively high. This resulted in 2008 in the lay-off of 6 employees of the Depart-ment of Collections and Research.The Ministry of Finance was so kind to come to the rescue, and promised to pay € 750,000.- extra for 3 years, on the condition that the museum would be self-supporting in 2011.In 2009, the new director, Heleen Buijs, was confronted with this problem. She has not been able to find new sources of income. In the Fall of 2011, the Ministry of Finance decided not to continue the extra money.There was no other option than to reorganize the staff. Since the opening, it was obvious that the focus of the museum was no longer on numismatics, but on financial education. This already resulted in a permanent exhibition without collection, and in the end we can conclude that this change of direction made it easier to decide to cut off the research department. The director has chosen to keep the public side of the museum intact and sacrifice the scientific side, the Department of Collections and Research.

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That has resulted in the lay-off of 9 people:• The Office-manager• The Head of the Department, Christel Schollaardt• The Curator of Medieval and Modern Coinage, Arent Pol• The Curator of Coins, Marcel van der Beek• The Curator of Medals, Carolien Voigtmann• The Financial Researcher, Gerard Borst• The Senior Researcher, Jaco Zuijderduijn• The Librarian, Ans ter Woerds• The Database Manager, Jan Pelsdonk.

There are plans to keep the library open for a limited amount of hours a week, hosted by volunteers, but officially there is nothing said about it, yet. There will be no budget for new publications. The library collection will not be built up, ex-change will diminish and the international network of numis-matic libraries will not be co-ordinated anymore by the libra-rian of the Geldmuseum. Questions for information from the library collection by external users will hardly be answered and accessibility will be limited to almost none.Only two curators will remain: Paul Belien, Curator of Ancient Coinage and Erik van der Kam, Curator of Paper Money. The main part of their jobs will consist of making exhibitions.All other expert fields are not longer covered by the Geldmu-seum, let alone the overall knowledge and history of the col-lections as such. Cutting of the research part of the museum will be a great loss to the national and international numismatic world.

Christel Schollaardt, Head of DepartmentAns ter Woerds, Librarian

Proceedings of the XIVth International Numismatic Congress Glasgow 2009

The Proceedings of the Glasgow Congress were delivered from the printers but we regret that there was an error on the cover of the second volume. After much consideration and consultation with Spink we de-cided that this was not acceptable. The cover of volume II is therefore being reprinted and the volume will be unbound and then rebound. It is now hoped that the Proceedings will be ready for distribution by the end of February.

The two volumes contain some 2120 pages and 256 papers. The cost will be £85 plus postage. It is being distributed by Spink of London and information and orders can be obtained from books@spink.com .

D. Bateson, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

Reminder. Survey of Numisma-tic Research 2002-2007The Survey of Numismatic Research 2002-2007, published at the occa-sion of the XIV International Numis-matic Congress in Glasgow (2009) is available online again on the INC/CIN websi te . Survey 2002-2007 Survey 2002-2007 Errata

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals The Fitzwilliam Museum is the principal museum of the Uni-versity of Cambridge. It has internationally important col-lections organised in five curatorial departments and pro-vides education and information services for a variety of audiences. All of its collections were designated in 1997 as being of outstanding importanceThe Department of Coins and Medals embraces money in many different forms from all parts of the world and spanning ancient to modern times, as well as medals since their ori-gin in the Renaissance. With its rich collections and library, the Department is an international centre for research and teaching in numismatics. The Keeper of Coins and Medals is required to be a leading scholar and recognised authority with significant experience and qualifications in the field of numismatics. Responsibili-ties include the leadership and management of the depart-ment and the care and development of the Coins and Medals Collection. Further requirements are research and teaching within the University of Cambridge and beyond and the re-presentation of the Museum and the University at a national and international level. In addition, responsibility for the se-curity and safety of the collection as well as the organisation of exhibitions form an integral part of the position.The successful candidate will cultivate lenders, donors and supporters of the Department of Coins and Medals’ holdings and will raise funds for research, publication, display and exhibition projects. Acting within a teaching Museum, the post holder also has responsibility for the supervision and teaching of a range of students either solely or jointly with other members of the department or with academics from various other faculties. Applications: http://www.f i tzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/news/jobs/art ic le.html?3296Closing date: 12 noon 7 March 2012Planned interview date: Monday 19 March 2012

Announcements

FIDEM Congress 2012 Glasgow

The 32nd FIDEM congress will be held in Glasgow on 10-14 July 2012 and will be centred on Glasgow University’s Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery. The programme will include talks on historical and contemporary me-dals, with the theme of the prin-cipal sequences of papers being ‘The medal as object / The medal as idea’. The one sequence will consider the medal as a tangible made object and look particularly at the relationship between me-dals and larger works of sculpture; the other will focus on the ideas underlying medallic imagery and the relationships between that imagery and representations in other media, particularly printed books. Papers may be given in English or French and each will

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last twenty minutes, after which there will be time for dis-cussion. Proposals for papers should be sent to Sally-Anne Coupar at f idem2012@glasgow.ac.uk by 29 February. It is hoped that all papers given at the congress will be published in FIDEM’s journal Médailles. The congress programme will also consist of workshops, visits to places of interest, and receptions. The international exhibition of contemporary me-dallic art that will accompany the congress will be held in the Hunterian Museum.

Philip Attwood

5. Österreichischer Numismatikertag, Enns (21.–22. Juni 2012) Der 5. Österreichische Numismatikertag 2012 wird vom Museum Lauriacum in Enns in Kooperation mit dem Institut für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte der Universität Wien, der Numismatischen Kommission der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und dem Münzkabinett des Kunsthistorischen Museums Wien veranstaltet. Die Tagung findet am Donnerstag, den 21., und Freitag, den 22. Juni 2012 im Museum Lauriacum in Enns statt. Anmel-dungen für Vorträge, die Einblick in aktuelle Forschungsthe-men geben, werden ab sofort entgegengenommen. Anmel-dungen für die Teilnahme am Numismatikertag bzw. für einen Vortrag (inklusive Abstract) erbitten wir per Post, per Fax oder per e-Mail off ice@museum-laur iacum.at an die unten ange-gebene Adresse. Anmeldeschluss ist der 30. März 2012. Wir werden uns bemühen, eine günstige Unterkunft für Studierende zur Verfügung zu stellen.

Reinhardt Harreither, Museum Lauriacum Hauptplatz 19 A-4470 Enns

American Numismatic Society, New York58th Annual Eric P. Newman Graduate Summer Seminar in Numismatics (June 11-July 27, 2012)For over half a century, The American Numismatic Society, a scholarly organization and museum of coins, money, and the economic history of all periods, has offered select gra-duate students and junior faculty the opportunity to work hands-on with its preeminent numismatic collections. With over three-vquarters of a million objects, the collection is particularly strong in Greek, Roman, Islamic, and Far Eastern coinages, as well as Medallic Art. Located in New York City’s SoHo district, the Society also houses the most complete numismatic library anywhere. The rigorous seven-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 stu-dents 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 masters candidates are admitted as well.This year’s Visiting Scholar will be Professor Alain Bresson, of the Department of Classics at the University of Chicago. Prof. Bresson is well known for his research and publications on ancient economies, numismatics, and epigraphy.For further information, please see the Summer Seminar page or contact the Seminar Co-Director, Dr. Peter van Alfen

Colloquia and meetings

Paris, École pratiques des Hautes ÉtudesColloque Mine, métal, monnaie (12-14 septembre 2011)

Le colloque international « Mine, mé-tal, monnaie. Autour du cas de

Melle, les voies de la quantifica-tion de l’histoire monétaire du haut Moyen Âge » était orga-nisé par les responsables du programme ANR FAHMA (Fi-lière de l’argent au haut Moyen

Âge) M. Bompaire, G. Sarah et F. Téreygeol, avec le soutien de l’équipe d’accueil Savoirs et Pra-

tiques de l’École Pratique des Hautes Études. Vingt-six com-munications ont été présentées par des orateurs venus de cinq pays d’Europe et des États-Unis. Le colloque a été dédié à

la mémoire de notre collègue bri-tannique Mark Blackburn, décédé

quelques jours auparavant, auquel J.-Chr. Moesgaard et S. Coupland, qui

l’accompagnèrent durant de nombreuses années, ont rendu un émouvant hommage. La première session « La filière de l’argent au haut Moyen Âge, autour du cas de Melle » a re-groupé les communications des participants du programme FAHMA. Les présentations ont révélé la complémentarité des approches archéométrique, archéologique et numisma-tique pour la compréhension de la production et de la circu-lation de l’argent à Melle. Après deux années de recherches dans le cadre du programme, les résultats sont nombreux, les hypothèses se précisent et de nouvelles pistes de ré-flexion émergent. La deuxième session a été consacrée aux études géologiques, géochimiques et archéologiques, à par-tir d’exemples de mines européennes et au-delà. Le cas de Melle a été examiné du point de vue de la quantification et de nouveaux résultats concer-nant les galets de verre au plomb issus de la chaîne opé-ratoire de production de l’ar-gent ont permis d’évaluer la large diffusion de ces objets énigmatiques. Les bénéfices d’études pluridisciplinaires pour la compréhension de l’exploitation des mines, des traitements métallurgiques et minéralurgiques et de la circulation des espèces monétaires ont été de nouveau mis en lumière. La deuxième journée du colloque s’est d’abord cen-trée sur les approches quantitatives. Des éclairages ont été apportés par des spécialistes des monnayages byzantin, islamique, lombard, anglo-saxon, mérovingien et carolin-gien. Au-delà des particularités des ensembles monétaires étudiés, chacun s’est efforcé de faire ressortir les métho-dologies et raisonnements employés sur lesquels reposent les propositions de quantification. La quatrième et dernière session était consacrée aux émissions monétaires de Melle. La question de la quantification a été évoquée à partir de la circulation des monnaies melloises à travers les trésors et trouvailles. Des trésors récents et inédits ont été présentés, d’époque carolingienne mais aussi féodale.

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Des réflexions ont ainsi été engagées sur la poursuite de la frappe monétaire au nom de Melle à une époque où les mines ne semblent plus avoir été en exploitation. Les actes du colloque seront publiés en 2012 dans la collection «Hautes Études Numismatiques» de l’École Pra-tique des Hautes Études.

M. Bompaire et G. Sarah

Berlin. Internationales Symposium Translatio nummorum – Römische Kaiser in der RenaissanceUnter dem Titel « Translatio nummorum – Römische Kaiser in der Renaissance » fand vom 16.–18. Novem-ber 2011 an der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und im Bode-Museum zu Berlin ein inter-nationales Symposium statt. Veranstaltet wurde die Ta-gung vom Verbundprojekt « Translatio nummorum – Die Aneignung der antiken Kultur durch Antiquare der Re-naissance im Medium der Münzen », zu dem sich der « Census of Ant ique Works of Art and Architecture Known

in the Renaissance » (BBAW/ Humboldt-Universität zu Ber-lin), das Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Ber-lin und das Kunsthistorische Institut in Florenz (Max-Planck-Institut) zusammen-geschlossen haben . In der Renaissance wurde erstmals die eminente Be-deutung der Münzen für die Antikenforschung er-kannt, und die Numismatik als wichtige Quellenkunde der Altertumswissenschaf-ten konnte sich etablieren. Die Auswertung der Vielzahl an Druckwerken und unveröf-fentlichten Manuskripten zur antiken Münzkunde im 16.

Jahrhundert ist aber wissenschaftshistorisch noch längst nicht abgeschlossen. Durch die Zusammenführung von Numismatikern und Kunsthistorikern, aber auch von Archäo-logen, Mediävisten, Philologen und Philosophen sollte auf dem Symposium die forschungsgeschichtliche Aufarbeitung dieses Prozesses weiter vorangebracht werden. Der Ein-ladung waren Gelehrte aus den USA, aus Italien, Großbritan-nien, Belgien, Griechenland, Österreich und selbstverstän-dlich Deutschland gefolgt. Das Programm des Symposiums kann im Internet eingesehen werden.Das Ziel des interdisziplinären Kolloquiums war es, die Rolle der antiken Münzen bei der Erforschung, Interpretation und (Re-)Konstruktion der antiken Kultur und Geschichte in der frühen Neuzeit zu analysieren. Es standen sowohl einzelne an-tiquarische Schriften sowie deren Methodik und Klassifizierung im Mittelpunkt als auch die Autoren der Werke. Ferner ging es um die Herausbildung der numismatischen Quellenkunde; um Münzen als archäologische Artefakte, als Kunstwerke und als Vermittler der Geschichte sowie um deren Rezeption, Adaption und Transformation in der Renaissance. Die Beiträge werden 2012 in einem Tagungsband publiziert.

Ulrike Peter

Exhibitions

Winterthur, Münzkabinett

Götter, Menschen und das Geld der Griechen (5. November 2011 - 27. Mai 2012)Das heutige Griechenland steht am Rand eines Staatsban-krotts, der durch exzessive Staatsschulden und einen aufgeblähten Staatsapparat entstanden sind. Im antiken Griechenland wurde aber das Münzgeld erfunden. Es hatte, anders als heutige Währungen, durch sein Material, nämlich Gold, Silber und Bronze, einen beständigen Wert und war zudem ästhetisch ansprechender als die Euro-Münzen unserer Zeit.Die ersten Münzen entstanden gegen Ende des 7. Jah-rhunderts v.Chr. im westlichen Kleinasien. Die neue Idee eines normierten, staatlich garantierten Zahlungsmittels wurde bald in der ganzen griechischen Welt übernommen. Man erkannte, dass Münzen ein ideales Zahlungsmittel waren und es erlaubten, auf einfache Weise Vermögen zu bilden. Münzen wurden so zum ersten Massenkommunika-tionsmittel der Geschichte.Die reiche Bildersprache der griechischen Münzen gibt viel-fältige Einblicke in die religiöse Vorstellungswelt des antiken Menschen sowie in die Fauna und Flora des Mittelmeer-gebiets, die Teil der Lebensgrundlage der Griechen war. Die Münzen erzählen die Geschichten der Götter, der Halbgöt-ter, der Helden und der Mythen, in denen sie spielten und die für die griechische Vorstellungswelt so wichtig waren. Die Münzbilder schufen und bestärkten die Identität der griechis-chen Stadtstaaten und Reiche. Sie bezeugen aber auch die eindrucksvollen Fähigkeiten der Stempelschneider, die zu den herausragenden Künstlern ihrer Zeit zählten.Die Ausstellung ist eine Gemeinschaftsproduktion des Münz kabinetts der Stadt Winterthur mit dem Münzkabi-nett des Kunsthistorischen Museums Wien aus Anlass des 150-Jahr-Jubiläums des Winterthurer Münzkabinetts. Sie vereinigt einige der schönsten und kostbarsten griechischen Münzen beider Sammlungen.Götter, Mythen und die Lebenswelt der Griechen wurden nicht nur auf Münzen, sondern auch in der Vasenmalerei auf vielfältigste Weise dargestellt. Aus der zum Münzkabi-nett gehörenden Antikensammlung sind daher einige bedeu-tende Keramik- und Bronzegefässe zusammengestellt und mit herausragenden Münzen konfrontiert, die zumeist aus dem Besitz von Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer stammen.Zur Ausstellung ist ein reich bebilderter Ausstellungskatalog mit verschiedenen Beiträgen zu den ausgestellten Themen erschienen. Ausserdem begleitet ein vielfältiges Rahmenpro-gramm mit Führungen und Workshops für Schulen die Aus-tellung in Winterthur. Aktuelle Informationen:

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http://www.muenzkabinett .winterthur.ch/AusstellungskatalogMichael AlrAm, Klaus VondroVec, Ulrich Werz und Benedikt zäch, Götter, Menschen und das Geld der Griechen, Wien und Winterthur 2011, 160 Seiten, ca. 330 Abb., Karten. ISBN 978-3-907047-1. – CHF 36.- (in der Ausstellung CHF 30.-).

Benedikt Zäch, Münzkabinett Winterthur

München, Staatliche MünzsammlungKauko Räsänen. Neue Wege in der Medaillenkunst(18. November 2011 bis 21. Oktober 2012)Die Blütezeit der modernen finnischen Medaillenkunst be-gann in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren. Ein herausragender Vertreter dieser Kunst war über mehrere Jahrzehnte lang der 1926 geborene Bildhauer und Medailleur Kauko Räsänen. Skulptur und Medaille nehmen bei ihm den gleichen Rang ein. Sein Medaillenwerk umfasst insgesamt 188 Medaillen, die zeitlich von 1952 bis 2004 reichen und damit die ganze zweite Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts abdecken.Räsänens Medaillen zeichnen sich durch eine vielschichtige Symbolik, ihre vom Bildhauerischen her kommende plas-tische Gestaltung und durch ihre besondere Ästhetik aus. Der im Titel angedeutete ‚Neue Weg‘ Räsänens war die ‚Erfindung‘ der mehrteiligen Medaille mit bis zu drei Teilen und sechs Bildseiten, die aufeinander abgestimmt sind und sich völlig passgenau aufeinandersetzen lassen; damit er-geben sie eine in sich geschlossene Ganzheit. Eine solche neuartige Medaille bekommt ein umfangreiches und kom-

plexes mehrseitiges Bildprogramm, das medaillentypisch auf den

kleinen verfügbaren Raum verdichtet ist.Die Ausstellung zeigt sämtliche 188 Medaillen des Künstlers mit al-len Vorder-, Rück- und Innenseiten und stellt sie in den Kontext der modernen finnischen

und internationalen Me-daillenkunst.

Zur Ausstellung wird ein Be-gleitbuch von Josef Hackl und

Dietrich O. A. Klose zum Preis von ca. 20 Euro erscheinen.

Dietrich O. A. Klose, Staatliche Münzsam mlung, München

Museu de Prehistoria de Valencia. New History of Money GalleryThe Museo de Prehistoria de Valencia, founded in 1927, holds an outstanding archaeological collection of prehistoric and Iberian artefacts. It also houses a numismatic collection, based mainly on Valencian findings, that have been shown in temporary exhibitions. The new History of Money room, ope-ned to the public in 2009, attempts to show the highlights of this section. The gallery includes a large variety of objects showing the dif-ferent formats of coins used in the five continents at different times in history. The tour begins by presenting unique Valen-cian coin hoards such as Llíria, consisting of about 6,000 Ro-man denarii, the extraordinary treasure of Islamic Calle Santa Elena (Valencia), consisting of 1,940 gold pieces that date to the late eleventh century, and the Requena hoard formed

of 223 Spanish gold pieces from the eighteenth and nineteenth centu-ries. A selection of four exceptional Valencian pieces allows visitors to contemplate the best Valencian coin art: an Ibe-rian drachma from Arse, a Roman provincial as from Valentia, a timbre of Alfon-so the Magnanimous and a ducado of the Catholic Monarchs minted in Valencia.

Showcases explain the origin of the coins alongside the most representative issues from Greek and Roman times. This chronological approach turns into a thematic one in which coins and bills are discussed from varied perspectives such as manufacturing, metrology, values and formats, monetary policy, the authorities and designs involved, as well as the phenomenon of counterfeiting. The room includes a recrea-tion of a seventeenth-century mint, as a teaching resource for understanding the hammered coinage. The opposite side of the room focuses its interest in varied forms of money from different periods and cultures. Objects used as money are sorted by the material they were made of. Other cases show particular types such as tokens or passes, and items used as money by the traditional societies of Africa and Oceania. Safe keeping of money and savings are illustrated through a large strongbox used by the Provincial Council of Valencia in the nineteenth century. A scene that recreates a vintage bank from the early twentieth century serves as a reminder of the importance of banks. The catalogue of the exhibit ion is available for downloading.

Websites

France, Avignon - Les collections numismatiques de la Fondation Calvet mises en ligneLa Fondation Calvet gère les collections léguées par Esprit Calvet depuis 1811. Parmi celles-ci se trouvaient plu-sieurs médailliers, comprenant des monnaies de toutes les époques, dont de nombreuses en or. Par la suite la collection s’est enrichie de dons et d’achats portant aujourd’hui l’en-semble à plus de 26 000 exemplaires.La Fondation Calvet a décidé de mettre ces monnaies en valeur en leur consacrant un site Internet, www.medai l l ier.org , offrant la mise en ligne des exemplaires, avec accès à un moteur de recherche comprenant une indexation icono-graphique et à une loupe permettant de les examiner en dé-tail. Actuellement, le site présente près de 6 000 exemplaires,

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en grande partie de l’époque romaine, mais toutes les périodes sont représentées. À côté des collections proprement dites, le site propose également un lexique numismatique, une bi-bliographie et une actualité des publications, mises à jour tous les mois. L’enrichissement du site va se poursuivre au cours des prochaines années.

Website Monnaies de l’Empire Romain – Roman Impe-rial Coinage 268-276 AD

This website www.r ic.mom.fr forms the preliminary step to the printed revision of the Roman Imperial Coinage V.1, part 2. The database presented here applies to the imperial reigns from AD 268 until 276, that is, the reigns of Claudius Gothicus, Quintillus, Aurelian, Tacitus, and Florianus, as well as the coinage of the princes of Palmyra, Vabalathus and Zenobia, issued by the imperial mint of Antioch. Thus, the period covers an im-portant phase in the ‘3rd century crisis’ encountered by the Roman Empire, from the reign which sym-bolises its most cri-tical point (Claudius Gothicus) to those which implemented the necessary re-form (Aurelian and his successors). The documentation assembled here is based chiefly on 12 main institutional collections of refe-rence (Paris, Lon-don, Oxford, Vienna, Copenhagen, Milan, Budapest, Munich, Brussels, Cam-

bridge, Berlin, and New York) which have been exhaustively studied and digitized by agree-ment with their curators. They are hereby warmly thanked, for without them this work could never have been realised. The database is largely com-pleted by some institutional collections looked at more su-perficially (Zagreb, Luxembourg, Trier, …); the private collections to which their owners gave us access; the coin hoards, if it is possible to use their publication; the material from sales catalo-gues, sales online, etc.In order to be included in the corpus, all coin types must have been checked by direct exami-nation, that is to say, inspected visually or verified by photogra-phs.The database holds to date more than 4,500 entries (i.e. re-vised RIC numbers), based on 104,000 coins and more than 80,000 digital photographs.It is searchable by simple, ad-

vanced (through 15 descriptive fields and scroll menus) and iconographic search. As for this period of inflation and demultiplication in the min-ting network, it is hard to be exhaustive, we have left open possibilities for feedback and additional information or cor-rections from the scientific community.The project has been financed by programmes of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), for which Syl-viane Estiot is responsible, PICS (Programme international de coopération scientifique) Nummi et Cimelia, ANR (Agence nationale de la recherche) programme MONetA. We would like to thank warmly the members of the group who spent so much time and energy in travelling with us to gather the documentation, Marie-Laure Le Brazidec, Vincent Drost, Phi-lippe Gysen and Pierre Zanchi.

Sylviane Estiot, Jérome Mairat, HISOMA-CNRS Lyon

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New Books

Ancient Numismatics

María PAz GArcíA-Bellido, Laurent cAlleGArin, Alicia Jimé-nez díez ed., Barter, Money and Coinage in the Ancient Me-diterranean (10th-1st centuries BC), Actas del IV EPNA Madrid 2010, Anejos de AespA LVIII, Madrid, 2011 ISBN 978-8400-093266

The core chapters of the book come from papers given at the 4th Encuentro Penin-sular de Numismática Antigua (EPNA), held in Madrid in 2010 at the Spanish Na-tional Research Council (CSIC). The aim of the conference was to bring together numismatists, archaeologists and ancient historians to discuss the impact of the be-ginning of money and minted coinage in several Mediterranean regions. The book is divided into five thematic sections: the birth of coinage in the eastern Mediter-ranean (Kroll, Luján, Gangutia, Domín-guez Monedero), weight systems and exchange objects in the western Mediter-ranean (Caltabiano Caccamo, Domínguez Arranz & Gran-Aymerich, Bats, Alexan-

dropoulos, García-Bellido), the role of Phoenician, Greek and Carthaginian settlements in monetization processes (Vilaça, Mora, Chevillon, Campo, Montero et al., Ripollès, Arévalo, Chaves & Pliego, Rodríguez Casanova & Canto, López Ruiz and Ruiz Tinoco), monetization as a trigger for economic and politic transformations in the western Me-diterranean (Ziegaus, Wigg-Wolf, Callegarin, Gonzálbes et al.) and late monetization in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula (Centeno, Vila, Cebreiro). The book adopts a comparative point of view on the study of the outcomes of monetization, addressing not only the birth of coinage in Lydia in the 7th and 6th cen-turies BC, but also the social processes attached to its introduction in other periods and regions, such as Greece, Italy, Sicily, the Iberian Peninsula, the north of Africa and the Roman provinces of Gallia and Germania. The collec-tion of essays embraces a transdisciplinary approach that draws on philological studies on the lexicon of barter, mo-ney and payment in Linear B and archaic Greek; historical surveys on the role of Greek sanctuaries as depositories of important amounts of metal; lead isotope analysis of the provenance of metals as well as studies on the latest archaeological evidence available on monetization. The latter includes recent research conducted on the earliest forms of money predating minted coinage, weights, alte-rations in coins (cutting, perforation and clipping), work-manship and die production as well as the first series of coins minted in various Mediterranean regions. Several papers stress the important role of Greek co-lonies and the military expansion of Carthage and Rome (and in particular of the Carthaginian and Roman armies) in the introduction of coinage, the necessity of taking into account local traditions to understand the complex se-ries of influences that coalesce in the first series of coins and the noticeable regional differences observed between coastal and inland regions. Questions such as the func-tion of coinage and its links with political, religious and military power are considered by various contributors. But above all, this collection of papers demonstrates the com-plexity of the first experiences of the use of minted money that defy simplistic explanations and evolutionary views in the introduction of coinage (from pre-monetary to mo-netary systems), examining the coexistence of different means of exchange (including barter, money and coinage) in many Mediterranean regions.

Roman Numismatics

Rasiel SuArez, eric iI. The Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins, 2nd ed. (Tumwater USA, 2010) ISBN 978-0-9764664-1-3

Alfred Michael hirt, Imperial Mines and Quarries in the Ro-man World. Organizational Aspects 27 BC-AD 235, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010) ISBN 978-0-19-957287-8

Byzantine Numismatics

Emmanuelle cAPet, Vincent deroche, Denis FeiSSel, Constantin zuckermAn ed., Mélanges Cécile Morrisson, Tra-vaux et Mémoires 16 (Paris : Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, 2010) ISBN 978-2-916716-28-2

Cet ouvrage fort de 893 pages, abondamment illustré, rassemble 49 contributions d’historiens, d’archéologues et de numismates français et étrangers (26 textes en français, 18 en anglais, 4 en italien et un en allemand), ainsi qu’une bibliographie de la dédicataire. Numisma-tique et histoire monétaire ou économique y occupent naturellement une place de choix en compagnie d’ar-ticles sigillographiques et d’une étude sur la métallur-gie antique et médiévale du zinc et du laiton. La docu-mentation monétaire est également mise à profit ou au contraire éclairée par des contributions qui recourent à l’épigraphie, à la papyrologie, à l’iconographie, tandis que plusieurs autres sur les milieux marchands, la pau-vreté ou les biens monastiques, les rapports d’Alexis Ier et des Latins ou le partage projeté de l’empire byzantin en 1204 répondent aux autres centres d’intérêt de la dédicataire.

Oriental and Islamic Numismatics

John hAldon ed., Money, Power and Politics in Early Islamic Syria. A review of current debates,., (Farnham: Ashgate ed., 2010) ISBN 978-0-754668497

Luke treAdWell, Craftsmen and coins: signed dies in the Ira-nian world (third to the fith centuries AH) (Wien: Verlag des ÖAW, 2011) ISBN 978-3-7001-6959-8

Vlastimil noVák, the Kelč Hoard revised: Fragments of Isla-mic Silver Coins, Monumenta Numismatica (Prague, 2010) ISBN 978-80-7007-324-7

Medieval, Modern and Contemporary Numismatics

Judith kolBAS, Timothy mAy, Vlastimil noVák, Anatolian Early 14th Century Coin Hoard, Edition Monographica Musei nationalis Pragae 9 (Prague, 2011) ISBN 978-80-7036-305-8

Rory nAiSmith, The Coinage of Southern England 796-865, 2 vol., British Numismatic Society Special Publications 8 (Lon-don, 2011) ISBN 978-1-907427-09-1

Beate olmer & Reinhild StePhAn-mAASer, Der Goldschatz von Unna. Zusammensetzung und Bedeutung des größten mittelalterlichen Münzfundes Westfalens (Essen: Klartext Verlag, 2010) ISBN 978-3-8375-0313-5

R.H. thomPSon & M. J. dickinSon, Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles 62. The Norweb collection. Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750. VIII. Middlesex and uncertain pieces (Lon-don: Spink ed., 2011) ISBN 978-1-907427-08-4

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Lucia trAVAini ed, Philip Grier-son, Irish Bulls and Numismatics (Roma: Quasar, 2011), pp. 122 ISBN 978-88-7140-470-7

The book is intended to remember Philip Grierson (1910 –2006) one hundred years from his birth.It offers a short biography, the re-print of an almost unknown paper he wrote in 1938 as an example of the Irish sense of the absurd, the reprint of an interview published in 1978 in the journal of his College (Gonville and Caius), the Latin text (with English and Italian transla-tions) which accompanied his Cam-bridge University honorary degree in 1993; the English translation of

an article by Lucia Travaini dedicated to his scientific ac-tivity in the “Rivista di Storia Economica” 2006, and finally his complete bibliography from 1934 to 2006.

Peter WoodheAd, Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles 61. H. Schneider collection III. Anglo-Gallic, Flemish and Braban-tine Gold Coins 1330-1794 (London: Spink ed., 2011) ISBN 978-1-907427008

Christopher J. SAlmon, The Silver Coins of Massachusetts. Classification, Minting technique, Atlas (New York: ANS, 2010) ISBN 978-0-89722-316-4

Seals and tokens

Judith A. lerner & Nicholas SimS-WilliAmS, Seals, sealings and tokens from Bactria to Gandhara (4th to 8th century CE) (Wien: Verlag des ÖAW, 2011) ISBN 978-3-700168973

Walter müller ed., Die Bedeutung der Minoischen und Mykenischen Glyptik, VI. Internationales Siegel-Symposium Marburg 9.-12. Oktober 2008, Corpus der Minoischen und Mykenischen Siegel 8 (Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2010) ISBN 978-3-8053-4260-5

Personalia

Dr. Donal Bateson, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Nu-mismatic Society, London

Dr. Donal Bateson, Vice-Presi-dent of the INC and Curator of the Hunter Coin Cabinet at the University of Glasgow, has been made Honorary Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society for his contribution to ancient, medieval and modern numismatics.

Dr. Roger Bland elected President of the British Nu-mismatic Society, LondonThe Council and members of the Bri-tish Numismatic Society have elec-ted Dr Roger Bland as President of the Society in November 2011. He takes over from Dr Robin Eaglen. In December 2011, he lectured to the Société Française de Numismatique where the book he and Xavier Loriot wrote on Roman and Early Byzantine Gold Coins found in Britain and Ireland (Royal Numismatic Society, 2010) had won the Prix Allier de Hauteroche of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. He is working on a book, The Coinage of Gordian III from the Mints of Antioch and Caesarea to be published in the Moneta series and also, with Sam Moorhead, on a funding bid to study the 600 hoards of the 3rd century AD known from Britain. In April 2012 he will be giving ten lectures in the USA as the William E. Metcalf lecturer of the Ar-chaeological Institute of America.

Prof. Aleksander Bursche nominated to Belvedere Professorship, Warsaw

On 16th January 2012, the President of the Re-public of Poland, appro-ved the nomination to a Belvedere Professorship of Aleksander Bursche, the respected archaeo-logist and numismatist.He graduated from the Archaeology Institute at the University of War-saw, where he currently works. He has held many scholarships, in Frankfurt/Main under the tuition of Professor Maria Alföldi, in London,

Cambridge and Copenhagen. He is an Alexander von Hum-boldt Research Fellow, Visiting Fellow of Wolfston College, Oxford, and Research Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. He has also been a visiting professor at the Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel. The author of more than 100 pa-pers and books, his most recent publication, Die Münzen, has appeared in the Illerup Ådal series. Professor Bursche is also the joint editor of the proceedings of the workshop on Roman Coins outside the Empire held at Nieborow in 2005. He partici-pates in many international research projects, is a member of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut and vice-chairman of the Programme Committee at the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw. Alexsander Bursche has received the professorship, awarded to leading Polish scholars for life, for his contribution to ar-chaeology and numismatics, the areas where they overlap, and his leadership in the popularisation of archaeology and cultural heritage. We congratulate Professor Bursche and wish him well in his future work.

Anna Zapolska

prof. a. BursChe reCeives his appointment as BelveDere professor from the presiDent

of polanD, Bronislaw KomorowsKi

a Commemorative meDal for marK BlaCKBurn’s 20th anniversary as Keeper of Coins anD meDals at the fitzwilliam museum, DesiGneD By ian ranK-BroaDley (oBv.) anD liDa CarDozo KinDerley (rev)

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Prof. Dr. Theodore V. Buttrey. Zweite Wolfgang Hahn-Medaille in Wien verliehenIm Jahr 2010 stiftete das Institut für Numismatik und Geld-geschichte der Universität Wien, gesponsert von der Nu-mismatica Genevensis SA, Genf (Dr. Alain Baron), und der Münze Österreich AG, die Wolfgang Hahn-Medaille für Ver-dienste um das Institut und verlieh das Exemplar Nr. 1 an den Namensträger, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hahn, anlässlich sei-ner Versetzung in den Ruhestand.Die Satzung der Medaille, die von Prof. Helmut Zobl geschaf-fen wurde, sieht jährlich maximal eine Verleihung vor, die am Tag des Hl. Eligius, dem 1. Dezember, stattfinden soll. Am 1. Dezember 2011 wurde bereits die Medaille mit der Nr. 2 verliehen. Geehrt wurde damit Prof. Dr. Theodore V. Buttrey aus Cambridge. Theodore («Ted») V. Buttrey, geboren 1929 in den USA, lehrte an den Universitäten von Yale und Michigan, bevor er ab 1983 an die Universität Cambridge wechselte; ab 1988 stand er dem Münzkabinett des Fitzwilliam Museum,

das Teil der Universität Cambridge ist, vor. Heute trägt Ted Buttrey den Titel eines Honorary Keeper of Ancient Coins am De-partment of Coins and Medals des Fitzwilliam Museums.

Die Einladung von Wol-fgang Hahn nach Cam-bridge zu einem Aufen-thalt als Visiting Scholar im Jahr 1997 begrün-dete die Beziehung von Buttrey zum Institut. Vor gut 10 Jahren war er dann in eine Evaluierung des Wiener Instituts in-volviert. Daraus entwic-

kelte sich eine kontinuierliche Förderung des Instituts, das er beim Ausbau der Bibliothek kräftig unterstützte. Ganz besonders profitierte die Sammlung von Handelskatalogen im Wiener Institut, die ohne die regelmäßigen Transporte aus Cambridge heute nicht den Rang der besten einschlägigen Sammlung in Österreich einnehmen würde; sie beherbergt heute etwa 23.000 numismatische Auktionskataloge und La-gerlisten aus aller Welt.Ted Buttrey kam persönlich zu seiner Ehrung nach Wien, die Reinhard Wolters und Wolfgang Hahn vornahmen. Das Festpublikum erfreute der Preisträger nach der Verleihung mit einem grandiosen Festvortrag. Unter dem Titel «The Cor-nuacopiae Dupondii of Vespasian: Not Commagene, but not Syria either» widmete sich Buttrey der Herkunft und Interpre-tation eines Dupondius des Vespasian mit den Cornuacopiae am Revers, für den bisher eine Herkunft aus Commagene oder Syrien vermutet worden war. Er konnte nachweisen, dass der Typ trotz seiner östlichen Typologie aus der Mün-zstätte Rom stammt, die Typologie aber im Rahmen eines Erinnerungsprogramms an politische Ereignisse unter der Regierung des Münzherrn zu sehen ist.Bei einem Wiener Heurigen klang der Abend der Preisverlei-hung gemütlich aus. Professor Buttrey wünschen wir, dass er sich in Cambridge noch viele Jahre mit seiner bewun-dernswerten Energie für numismatische Belange einsetzen kann.

Hubert Emmerig, Institut für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte, Universität Wien

Dr. Andrzej Romanowski new curator of the Cabinet of Coins and Medals, National Museum, Warsaw

Andrzej Romanowski (aromanowski@mnw.art .p l ), specialist in Roman coins, is the new curator of the Cabinet of Coins and Medals at the National Museum in Warsaw, the grea-test coin collection in Poland. Among his first plans is one to open immediately the collection and study room to scholars, students and the wider public and to restore contacts with colleagues all over the world.

Obituaries

Mark Blackburn Mark Blackburn (1953–2011), LittD, FSA, Keeper of Coins and Medals at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, was the leading scholar in his generation of numismatics and monetary history in the early medieval period. His principal interest was in the issues of the Anglo-Saxons and of the Vikings (in both Scandinavia and the British Isles). The range of his achievements and distinctions is formidable. Within the University of Cambridge, Mark was not only Keeper at the Fitzwilliam, but also Reader in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic and a Fellow – at one time Regis-trary – of Gonville and Caius College. In recognition of his superb and prolific research, Cambridge conferred on him a PhD in 1994 and a LittD in 2011. His achievements in the numismatic world were similarly outstanding. Mark served on the council of both the Royal Numisma-tic Society and the British Numismatic Society, and was president of the latter between 2004 and 2008. For over thirty years he was editor of the British Acade-my project Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, during which time he saw thirty-six volumes into print. At various stages in his career he also won many of the highest awards the field has to offer, including the British Academy’s Derek Allen prize in numismatics (2011), the British Numis-matic Society’s Sanford Saltus Medal (2008), the Prize Medal of the Gunnar Holst Stiftelse (2008), the Royal Numismatic Society medal (2008) and the Jeton de Vermeil of the Société française de Numismatique (1991). His death at the age of 58 on 1 September 2011, after a long struggle against cancer, is an im-mense loss to his friends and colleagues in the nu-mismatic community.

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Mark was born on 5 January 1953 at Camberley, Surrey, En-gland, and moved with his family to Tunbridge Wells, Kent, at the age of 13. There he attended the Skinners’ School, and subsequently St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he read che-mistry and jurisprudence between 1971 and 1975. Initially he pursued a career as a barrister, and entered pupillage at Middle Temple, but in 1978 he chose instead to accept a position in the corporate finance department of the merchant banking firm Kleinwort Benson. His association with Cambridge began in 1982. By that stage Mark had already developed a formidable reputa-tion within British numismatics, stretching back to his days as a schoolboy collector, and honed during the 1970s. He joined the British Numismatic Society in 1971 and was soon in contact with the then-President, Stewart Lyon, with Mi-chael Dolley, curator of early medieval coins at the British Museum, and, in Oxford, with Michael Metcalf, curator of early medieval coins at the Ashmolean Museum. Mark’s first published article appeared in the British Numismatic Journal in 1973, and was followed the next year by what remains a model mint-study of the small Somerset town of Watchet. His standing was such that when Philip Grierson sought a research associate to help him prepare his magnificent col-lection for publication in 1982, Mark was approached as a suitable candidate. His decision to accept the invitation was not taken lightly, as it came with no prospect of a permanent position. But, after much consideration, he elected to leave the City and work with Grierson, and in 1986 their collaboration bore fruit in the form of the first volume of Medieval European Coinage. Mark’s career was, from that time, closely bound to Cambridge, and particularly to the depart-ment of coins and medals at the Fitzwilliam Museum. He worked there as a Research Associate until 1991, when he was appointed Keeper. During his twenty years in this position Mark the department’s emer-gence as one of the strongest and friendliest nu-mismatic cabinets in any museum worldwide. He possessed considerable talents as a manager and organiser, and succeeded in fostering within his de-partment a unique atmosphere of warmth and amia-bility coupled with intense and innovative research. The collection itself expanded through major bequests, not least that of Philip Grierson, and acquisitions, including the magnificent De Wit collection of Anglo-Saxon sceattas. Stu-dents as well as established scholars were made welcome, and Mark was an effective teacher who knew the value of working hands-on with coins. The coinages circulating in Britain and Scandina-via between the end of the Roman empire and the Norman conquest were the principal focus of Mark’s research. Over the course of more than 200 books, articles and chapters he addressed a wide range of specific topics. All of these publications are listed in an appendix to one of the last of them to appear: a collection of his presidential addresses to the British Numismatic Society (given between 2004 and 2008) and associated papers entitled Viking Coinage and Currency in the British Isles. His work was characterised by deep knowledge of the subject, keen perception and a rare fluidity of exposition. It was also not restricted to a very narrow definition of numismatics: he had a major impact in showing the value coins held for economic history. Mark – along with Michael Metcalf, Mike Bonser and others – was a pioneer in gathering and interpreting the material brought to light by metal-detectorists. His relationship with them was carefully cultivated at a crucial time, and contributed to the

generally cordial relationship between detectorists and nu-mismatists which has prevailed in England since the 1980s. The accumulation of new finds also provided Mark and his colleagues with the resources for a significant re-evaluation of early medieval monetary history. Single-finds reveal much about the changing level of coin-use across centuries, and have brought to light ‘productive sites’ of particularly nume-rous finds, most of which are yet to receive full archaeolo-gical investigation. Within the Fitzwilliam, Mark’s curatorial remit also included oriental coins, and he applied many of the same techniques he developed working on English and Scandinavian material to the coinages of China, Japan, Ka-zakhstan, India and Vietnam. His work in these areas resulted in the establishment of close relationships with numismatists working in relevant countries, many of which developed into friendships that have spanned decades. Mark’s influence on numismatics worldwide was thus considerable, and reflected a powerful intellect and boundless energy. He was also, however, an extremely kind and patient friend, and was above all devoted to his family: to his wife Fiona, and to his children Molly, Hal and Will.

Rory Naismith, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

John Mac Isaac We have the sad duty to report the passing of Dr. John Douglas Mac Isaac on November 19, 2011, in Fredericksburg, VA. John was born Nov. 8, 1944, in New York, the son of the late John A. and Eleanor D. Mac Isaac. Due to his father’s Air Force assignment, John received his high school diploma from the American Academy (ACS) in Athens, Greece, thus beginning his long

love affair with that country. He received his bachelor’s de-gree in classics from Fordham, his master’s in archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania, and his Ph.D. in classics from Johns Hopkins University. While at John Hopkins, he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to work in Rome on his dissertation, “The Location of the Republican Mint of Rome and the Topography of the Arx of the Capitoline” (directed by John Pollini). He taught at several institutions of higher lear-ning in Italy and the U.S. including, between 1993 and 2007, the University of Mary Washington.John Mac Isaac participated in the American Numismatic Society Summer Seminar in 1967 and was a member of the ANS for many years. He was a Regular Member of the Ameri-can School of Classical Studies at Athens (Robinson Fellow, 1982-1983). He held a Summer Fellowship at Dumbarton Oaks in 1985 while researching the coinage of Manuel II, and he continued his work on Byzantine and other coins as an Associate Member of the ASCSA (Gennadeion Fellow, 1987-1988). He also participated in the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar “Archaeology and Ancient History” at Isthmia, Greece, in 1991 and returned to the ASC-SA in 1998 as a Solow Summer Research Fellow. He served as the second president of the Friends of Numismatics and acted to codify its bylaws.

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As a scholar assigned to the publication of ASCSA exca-vations, he researched coins from the early excavations by Shear in the Theater and the Roman villa at Ancient Corinth. His publications include: “Corinth: Coins, 1925-1926. The Theater District and the Roman Villa” Hesperia Vol. 56 (1987); “The Early History of the American School of Classical Stu-dies and the Numismatic Museum, Athens” The First Cen-tury of the Numismatic Museum, 1829-1922 (1988); “Philia-sian Bronze Coinage” ANS Museum Notes Vol. 33 (1988); “Application of Xeroradiography to the Study of Bronze Coins” with Giraud V. Foster, Journal of Field Archaeolo-gy Vol. 16 (1989); and “Coins and the Field Archaeologist:

Numismatic Finds as Artifacts,” Archaeological News (1995). In addtion, he published the coins found at the site of Nemea, Greece, with Robert C. Knapp in Excavations at Nemea Vol. 3: The Coins (2005), and he published the coins fround at the site of Bir Ftouha, Tunisia, with Liane Houghtalin in JRA Suppl. 59, Bir Ftouha: A Pilgrimage Church Complex at Car-thage (2005). He continued to work with Liane Houghtalin on the publication of the coins found at the site of Yasmina in Carthage until a few weeks before his death.He is survived by his wife, Professor Liane R. Houghtalin, Uni-versity of Mary Washington.

Survey of Numismatic Research 2008-2013. Contributors

Maria and I are pleased to present you a preliminary list of contents for the Survey of Numismatic Research 2008-2009. It shows the fruits of our Meeting in Milan last year (see INeN 11, p. 2): the teams of subeditors have been hard at work in finding contributors. The willingness of so many specialists in various fields to assume the task to review the scholarship of the past six years and the progress made is very rewarding for us. We know how much it involves and we are very grateful. The list includes e-mail addresses and we want to encourage you to contact the contributors directly if you have any sug-gestions or comments. You are welcome to send notices of publications as well, bearing in mind that the Survey is a critical selection of the most important works, not a comprehensive list.

The General Editors: Maria Caccamo Caltabiano Carmen Arnold-Biucchi

Antiquity

Greek Section

General editor: Marguer i te Spoerr i

Monetary Instruments in Antiquity before Coinage

John H. Kroll john.kro l l@class ics.ox.ac.uk

La Peninsula Iberica Manuel Gozalbes manuel .gozalbes@diva l .es

Magna Graecia Renata Cantilena rcant i lena@unisa. i t

Sicilia Lavinia Sole sole lav in ia@hotmai l .com

Der Balkanraum und das nördliche Schwarzmeergebiet

Ulrike Peter Vladimir F. Stolba

peter@bbaw.de klavs@hum.au.dk

Greece from the Archaic through the Helle-nistic Period

Sélènè Psoma spsoma@otenet.gr

L’Asie Mineure aux époques archaïques et classiques

Koray Konuk koraykonuk@gmai l .com

L’Asie Mineure hellénistique Marie-Christine Marcellesi marie-christine.marcellesi@paris-sorbonne.fr

Chypre Evangéline Markou emarkou@eie.gr

The Levant Danny Syon dsyon@ins.org. i l

Les Séleucides Frédérique Duyrat f reder ique.duyrat@bnf. f r

Bactria and Parthia Fabrizio Sinisi Fabr iz io.Sin is i@oeaw.ac.at

The Ptolemies Catherine Lorber cathar ine lorber@hotmai l .com

Carthage et l’Afrique du nord Laurent Callegarin laurent.ca l legar in@wanadoo.f r

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Roman Section

General editor: Roger Bland

Republic Rick WitschonkeBernhard Woytek

r ickwitschonke@yahoo.combernhard.woytek@oeaw.ac.at

Early Empire until 192 Richard Abdy rabdy@thebr i t ishmuseum.ac.uk

3rd Century (193- c. 294) Vincent Drost drost_v incent@hotmai l .com

Late Empire (c. 294-491) David Wigg Wolf wigg@em.uni- f rankfurt .de

Provincial Coinages: Western Provinces Laurent CallegarinVincent GenevièveSuzanne Frey-Kupper

laurent.ca l legar in@wanadoo.f r v incent.genevieve@inrap. f r S.Frey-Kupper@warwick.ac.uk

Provincial Coinages: Eastern Provinces Marguerite Spoerri ButcherDario Calomin

marguer i tespoerr i@gmai l .com dar iokalos@t iscal i . i t

Celtic Section

General editor: Bernward Ziegaus

Einführung, Methoden und Kataloge, Konferenzen und Tagungen, Technologie und Metallanalysen

Bernward Ziegaus Bernward.Ziegaus@extern.lrz-muenchen.de

Britain Stefan Krmnicek sk423@le icester.ac.uk

France, Belgique, Pays-Bas Sylvia Nieto-Pelletier nieto@cnrs-or leans. f r

Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich, Slowen-ien, Kroatien, Norditalien

Bernward Ziegaus Bernward.Ziegaus@extern.lrz-muenchen.de

Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia Jiří Militký Mil i tky.J i r i@seznam.cz

Romania, Moldova, Northern Bulgaria Virgil Mihailescu-Birliba vmbinst@yahoo.com

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Medieval and Modern Western Coinages

General editors: Hubert Emmer ig Lucia Travain i

Introduction Lucia TravainiHubert Emmerig

l t rava i@t in. i thubert .emmer ig@univ ie.ac.at

Byzantium Pagona Papadopoulou pagonapapadopoulou@gmai l .com

Early Middle Ages - Visigoths and Suevi Ruth Pliego-Vázquez ruthpl iego@gmai l .com

- Merovingians, Burgundians, Sceattas Arent Pol a.pol@geldmuseum.nl

- Carolingians Simon Coupland v ik ingv icar@bt internet.com

Italia V-X secolo (Vandali inclusi) Alessia Rovelli aless ia. rovel l i@fastwebnet. i t

Italia XI-XXI secolo Andrea SaccocciLorenzo Passera

Andrea.Saccocci@Dstbc.uniud. i tlorenzopassera@hotmai l .com

Peninsula Iberica Alberto Estrada-Rius albert .estrada@mnac.cat

France Marc Bompaire & coll. bompaire.marc@wanadoo.f r

Schweiz und Liechtenstein Benedikt Zäch benedikt .zaech@bluewin.ch

Deutschland Michael MatzkeHendrik Mäkeler

michael .matzke1@gmx.de hendr ik.makeler@gustav ianum.uu.se

Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxemburg Arent Pol & coll. a.pol@geldmuseum.nl

The British Isles - Medieval England and Scotland Martin Allen mra25@cam.ac.uk

- Modern England and Scotland Robert H. Thompson thompson.43@bt internet.com

- Ireland Colm Gallagher colmgal lagher@ire land.com

Scandinavia - Denmark and Iceland Jens Christian Moesgaard jens.chr ist ian.moesgaard@natmus.dk

- Norway Svein H. Gullbekk sveinhg@khm.uio.no

- Sweden Frédéric Elfver f reder ic.e l fver@ark.su.se

- Finland Tuukka Talvio Tuukka.Talv io@nba.f i

Poland Borys Paszkiewicz borys.paszkiewicz@poczta. fm

Balticum Ivar Leimus i var@eam.ee

Russia Peter G. Gaidukov & coll. russ ianchange@narod.ruruss ianchange@yandex.ru

Tschechische Republik, Slowakische Republik

Roman Zaoral zaora l@post.cz

Österreich Hubert Emmerig hubert .emmer ig@univ ie.ac.at

Hungary and the Balkans - Hungary Csaba Tóth opitz.k iado@gmai l .com

- Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia

Vujadin Ivanišević v ivanise@eunet. rs

- Romania, Bulgaria, Albania Ernest Oberländer-Târnoveanu eot22@hermes.cam.ac.uk

Crusader Coinages and the Levant (Rhodes, Malta)

Julian Baker ju l ian.baker@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

Greece Panagiotis G. Kokkas nma@otenet.gr (message must specify ‘At-tention of Mr Panagiotis Kokkas’

Cyprus Eleni Zapiti eleni .z@boccf.org

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Islamic coinages

General editor: Stefan Heidemann

Islamic Word From North Africa toCentral Asia

Stefan Heidemann stefan.heidemann@uni-hamburg.de

al-Andalus Alberto Canto alberto.canto@uam.es

Islamic India Shailen Bhandare shai len10@hotmai l .com

Golden Horde and Successors Aleksandr Pachkalov zolornum@mai l . ru

Oceania and the New World

General editors: Jul io Torres Miguel Ibáñez

Oceania Walter Bloom bloom@murdoch.edu.au

USA and Canada Alan Stahl astahl@pr inceton.edu

América hispano-lusa Juan Manuel Martínez juan.mart inez@mhn.c l

Medals

General editor: Tuukka Talv io

Austria Will be announced laterBelgium, Netherlands Luxembourg Jan Pelsdonk jpe lsdonk@tey lersmuseum.nl

Croatia Ivan Mirnik imi rn ik@hotmai l .com

Czech Republic Tomas Kleisner tomas_kle isner@nm.cz

Denmark Else Rasmussen else.rasmussen@natmus.dk

Finland Outi Järvinen out i . jarv inen@nba.f i

France Inès Villela-Petit ines.v i l le la-pet i t@bnf. f r

Germany Will be announced laterGreat Britain, Ireland Henry Flynn hf lynn@br i t ishmuseum.org

Hungary Will be announced laterItaly Valeria Vettorato valer ia.vettorato@comune.padova. i t

Norway Anette Sættem anette.sattem@khm.uio.no

Oceania Walher Bloom w.bloom@murdoch.edu.au

Poland Witold Garbaczewski witgar@poczta.onet.p l

Portugal Maria Rosa Figueiredo mfiguei redo@gulbenkian.pt

Romania Will be announced laterRussia, former CIS countries Lidia Dobrovolskaya dishka8@yandex.ru

Serbia Will be announced laterSpain Javier Gimeno jav ier.g imeno-pascual@ec.europa.eu

Sweden Marie-Astrid Pelsdonk f idem_webmaster@yahoo.com

Switzerland Perret Gilles gi l les.perret@ne.ch

USA and Canada Alan Stahl astahl@pr inceton.edu

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The INC Annual Travel Grant 2012-2013

Following article 1 of the constitution, «to facilitate cooperation among individuals and institutions in the field of numisma-tics and related disciplines», the INC offers for 2012/2013 a travelling scholarship of € 2,700 and a grant-in-aid of € 800.Applicants must be less than 35 years old on December 31st 2011, and be engaged on or intending to undertake an important numismatic research project. The recipients will be able to visit foreign coin cabinets or other centers of numis-matic research, to study material and to develop contacts with other scholars.Applications in Spanish, English, French, German or Italian should be sent to the Secretary of the INC, Dr. Michael Alram, Münzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Burgring 5, A-1010 Wien, postmarked by March 1st, 2012, and include:1) a curriculum vitae, with a list of publications, a detailed plan of research with travel itinerary2) a reference from a numismatic specialist who is or will be supervising the work3) a recommendation from a member of the INC (an honorary member or the responsible official of a member institution, but not a member of the INC Committee).The Committee of the INC will award the scholarship and the grant-in-aid at its meeting in 2012 after examining the ap-plications in consultation with specialists from the INC or others if necessary.

La bourse annuelle du CIN 2012-2013

En vertu de l’article 1 des statuts, « pour faciliter la coopération entre individus et institutions dans le domaine de la nu-mismatique », le CIN accorde pour l’année 2012/2013 une bourse d’un montant de 2 700 € et une aide à la recherche plus réduite de 800 €. Les candidats doivent avoir moins de 35 ans au 31.12.2011 et avoir en cours ou en projet une recherche numismatique importante. La bourse permettra de travailler dans des cabinets ou d’autres centres de recherche étrangers, d’y étudier le matériel et de nouer des contacts avec d’autres spécialistes.Les candidatures doivent être adressées au Secrétaire, Dr. Michael Alram, Münzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Burgring 5, A-1010 Wien avant le 1er mars 2012 (date de la poste) avec:1) curriculum vitae, titres et travaux, programme précis du voyage et plan de travail ;2) attestation d’un spécialiste acceptant de superviser le travail ; 3) recommandation d’un membre du CIN (un membre honoraire ou le responsable d’une institution-membre, à l’exclusion des membres du Bureau du CIN).Le Bureau du CIN attribuera la bourse et la subvention lors de sa réunion de 2012 après examen des dossiers par des experts, de préférence membres du CIN.Les dossiers et attestations peuvent être rédigés dans l’une des cinq langues suivantes : allemand, anglais, espagnol, français, italien.

Das Reisestipendium des INR 2012-2013 Gemäss Art. 1 ihrer Constitution «to facilitate cooperation among individuals and institutions in the field of numismatics and related disciplines» vergibt der Internationale Numismatische Rat für das Jahr 2012/2013 ein Reisestipendium in Höhe von 2’700 EUR und eine kleinere Subvention von 800 EUR.Bewerben können sich junge Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler bis zu 35 Jahren (Stichtag 31.12.2011), die eine grösseres numismatisches Forschungsprojekt in Arbeit haben oder planen. Das Stipendium soll dazu dienen, Münzka-binette und andere numismatische Forschungstätten in anderen Ländern zu besuchen, das Material zu studieren und Kontakte mit anderen Wissenschaftlern zu knüpfen.Bewerbungen in deutscher, englischer, französischer, italienischer oder spanischer Sprache sind zu richten an die Sekretärin der Kommission, Dr. Michael Alram, Münzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Burgring 5, A-1010 Wien. Beizufügen sind:1) ein Lebenslauf mit Nachweis des Studiums und Schriftenverzeichnis, ein Arbeitsplan sowie die geplante Reiseroute,2) das Gutachten eines in der Numismatik erfahrenen Wissenschaftlers, der die Arbeit betreut hat oder betreuen wird, und3) die Empfehlung eines Mitgliedes des INR (eines Ehrenmitgliedes oder eines/r Verantwortlichen eines Münzkabinettes oder Institutes, der/die kein Mitglied des Büros des INR ist).Termin für die Bewerbung ist der 1. März 2012 (Datum des Poststempels). Die Entscheidung über die eingegangenen Bewerbungen trifft das Büro des INR nach der Beurteilung durch Sachverständige aus dem Kreis der Mitglieder des INR, in Ausnahmefällen auch durch andere Experten, an der Jahressitzung 2012.

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INeN: Contribute, subscribe

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ImpressumInternational Numismatic e-Newsletter (INeN) No 12, February 2012Electronic Newsletter of the INC / CIN ISSN 1662-1220

Editors:Sylviane Estiot, HISOMA UMR 5189-CNRS, Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée, Lyon (France) Benedikt Zäch, Münzkabinett und Antikensammlung der Stadt Winterthur (Switzerland)for the International Numismatic Council INC / Conseil International de Numismatique CIN.

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