THE HERITAGE OF SASANIAN IRAN:

DINARS, DRAHMS AND COPPERS

OF THE LATE SASANIAN AND EARLY MUSLIM PERIODS

Sponsored by

The American Numismatic Society
The Society for Iranian Studies
The Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University
Middle East Medievalists
MONETA (numismatic books)

To be held at The American Numismatic Society
Braodway Ave. at 155th St.

New York, NY

Saturday and Sunday, June 19-20, 2003



Program

Thursday, June 19th

9:15 INTRODUCTORY LECTURE: THE COINAGES OF IRAN AND ITS NEIGHBORS IN THE
SEVENTH CENTURY
Michael L. Bates (The American Numismatic Society)

10:30 Panel 1: Numismatic Finds from Georgia

A SEAL OF SASANIAN PERIOD FROM THE GSM COLLECTION
Medea Tsotselia (The Janashia Georgian State Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia)

DRAHMS OF VARAHRAN VI IN THE COLLECTION OF THE GEORGIAN STATE MUSEUM
Medea Tsotselia (The Janashia Georgian State Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia)

11:30 Lunch [Included in registration]

1:00 Workshop on Reading Pahlavi Legends

3:30 PLENARY LECTURE: ARDASHIR AND THE POWER OF IMAGES
Michael Alram, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

6:30 Conference Dinner (To be announced)


Friday, June 20th

9:15 Panel 2: Monetary Circulation of the Sasanian Period

IBERIA ACCORDING TO SASANIAN EPIGRAPHICAL EVIDENCES
Medea Tsotselia (The Janashia Georgian State Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia)

SASANIAN HOARDS OF GEORGIA
Georges Depeyrot (CNRS, Centre de recherches historiques, France)



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