Aleksandr Naymark asked me to pass on the following
announcement.

Michael Bates
______________________________________
Seminar "Early Iranian and Central Asian Numismatics"
In Memoriam Boris Kochnev (1940-2002) Hofstra
University, March 24, 2008

The meeting will take place in room 206, Davison Hall
For the directions to Hofstra University please look
  at:

http://www.hofstra.edu/About/InfoCenter/info_hofdirect.html

13:00
Aleksandr Naymark
"Sasanians, Bukhara and Chach in the first half of the
  5th century."

13:45
Dmitrii Markov and Aleksandr Naymark
"Chronology of Early Mediaeval Chach Coinage."

14:30
Luke Treadwell
"Arab-Sasanian Copper of the Umayyad Period and the
Earliest Municipal Coinage of Islamic Iran."

15:15
Discussion

15:45
Coffee break

16:00
Luke Treadwell and Aleksandr Naymark
"Dividing Dirhams into Coppers: the 'Denominational
Fulus' of Early Islamic Eastern Iran and Transoxania."

16:45
Michael Bates
"The Mints of Early Islamic al-Shash"

17:30
Discussion

19:00
Dinner at Kashkar Restaurant
1141 Brighton Beach Ave (between brighton 14th and
15th Streets)
Brooklyn, NY 11235
(718) 743-3832

The event is sponsored by the Middle Eastern and
Central Asian Program

Questions to: Aleksandr.Naymark@...


      
________________________________________________________________________________\
____
Never miss a thing.  Make Yahoo your home page.
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

Hello all,

In case you missed it, here's a very fine article on the move to Varick Street,
with good
pictures of Bob Hoge, Peter van Alfen, and a nostalgic (I hope) Ute Wartenberg.

I timed the walk from the lobby of my office to the new site: 25 minutes.  To
the Fulton Street
address was about 40 seconds.  Sic transit gloria mundi.

And yet, the new place looks huge and secure.  I can't wait to see the ANS
setup.

For those wishing to Google the address, it's actually 75 Varick Street. One
Hudson Square is
the name of the building.

See you all there for the annual meeting!

Bob Schaaf

Below is the link to the NY Times articles on the ANS coin move.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/nyregion/16coins.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/nyregion/16coins.html?_r=1&oref=slogi\
n>





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UNIVERSITY  OF  CINCINNATI

Department of Classics



MARGO TYTUS VISITING  SCHOLARS  PROGRAM




The University of Cincinnati Classics Department is pleased to
announce the Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars Program.  Tytus Fellows,
in the fields of philology, history and archaeology  will ordinarily
be at least 5 years beyond receipt of the Ph. D. Apart from residence
in Cincinnati during term, the only obligation of Tytus Fellows is to
pursue their own research.   Fellowships are tenable  during the
regular academic year (October 1 to June 10).



There are two categories of Tytus Fellowships,  long-term and short-
term.

Long Term Fellows will come to Cincinnati for a minimum of one
academic quarter (two and a half months) and a maximum of three
during the regular academic year.  They will receive  a monthly
stipend of $1000 plus housing and a transportation allowance.

Short  Term Fellows will come to Cincinnati for a  minimum of one
month and a maximum of two  during the regular academic year.  They
will receive  housing  and a transportation allowance.

Both Long Term and Short  Term Fellows  will also receive office
space and enjoy the use of the University of Cincinnati and Hebrew
Union College Libraries.  While at Cincinnati Tytus Fellows will be
free to pursue their own research.



The University of Cincinnati Burnam Classics Library is one of the
world's premier collections in the field of Classical Studies.
Comprising  235,000 volumes, the library covers all aspects of the
Classics: the languages and literatures, history, civilization, art,
and archaeology.  Of special value for scholars is both the richness
of the collection and its accessibility -- almost any avenue of
research in the classics can be pursued deeply and broadly under a
single roof.  The unusually comprehensive core collection, which is
maintained by three professional classicist librarians, is augmented
by several special collections such as 15,000 nineteenth century
German Programmschriften, extensive holdings in Palaeography,
Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies.   At neighboring Hebrew Union
College, the Klau  Library, with holdings  in excess of 450,000
volumes, is rich in Judaica  and Near Eastern Studies.



    Application Deadline:  January  15.



A description of the Tytus Program is available online at http://
classics.uc.edu/resources/tytus_scholars_program.html. There is an
online application at http://classics.uc.edu/resources/tytusap.lasso.
Questions can be directed to secretary@...
--
Getzel M. Cohen
Professor of Classics and History
Director, Tytus Visiting Scholars Program
Phone: 513-556-1951; Fax: 513-631-1715
Dept. of Classics, 410 Blegen Library, University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0226




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To whom it may concern,

I am looking for an e-mail address for Hans Herrli.  Any assistance
would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
John Warneke

- - -
John Warneke
Graduate Student
Department of Anthropology
University of California, Santa Barbara
jwarneke@...
- - -

"Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is
thinking
that makes what we read ours." - John Locke






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*
CNLF eSIGs - URLs - Moderators*

Update   29 SEPT 2008

(1) Non-Regal British.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NonRegalBritish . . . . . . .  CNLF Staff

(2) Blacksmith Tokens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JCSpilman
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BlacksmithTokens

(3) Connecticut Coppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Jeff Rock
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ConnecticutCoppers

(4) Constellatio Nova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Tony Carlotto
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ConstellatioNova

(5) Continental Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  JCSpilman
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ContinentalDollar

(6) Fugio Cents Of 1787 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  David Palmer
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FugioCents

(7) Higley Coppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .  Dan Freidus
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HigleyCoppers

(8) Machin's (Atlee) Halfpence . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .JCSpilman
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MachinHalfpence

(9) Massachusetts Copper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .Mike Packard
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsCopperCoinage

(10) Massachusetts Silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  JCSpilman
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsSilverCoinage

(11) New Jersey Coppers (including St.Pats.). . . . . . . .  JCSpilman
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewJerseyCoppers

(12) Vermont Coppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .Tony Carlotto
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VermontCoppers

(13) Virginia Halfpence of 1773. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roger Moore
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VirginiaHalfpenceOf1773

(14) First U.S. Mint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JCSpilman
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFirstUSMint

(15) Early American Numismatic History (CNLF-EANH) . . . . . JCSpilman
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CNLF-EANH

(16) Early American Tokens & Minor Coinages (CNLF-EATMC) . . CNLF Staff
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CNLF-EATMC

(17) Early American Printed Currency (CNLF-EAPC). . . . . . .Lou Jordan
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CNLF-EAPC

(18) Science & Technology (CNLF-SCITECH) . . . . . . . . . . JCSpilman
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CNLF-SCITECH

If you would like to join one or more of these CNLF/eSIGS
just click on the appropriate URL and when you reach the eSIG,
read the introductory material and click on "Join this Group".
The Moderator will contact you by eMail.

Thank you.

*JCSpilman/CNLF/JEANe/eSIG/The Phoenix Project*



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To whom it may concern,

I am looking to acquire an article by Charles K. Panish.
'The First Sikh Trans-Sutlej Coinage', published in1967 in the Journal of the
Numismatic
Society of India, Volume XXIX, Part II, Pp.88-90

Sincerely,
John Warneke

John,

Have you checked MELVYL? It looks as if there is a copy in the UC system, at
SRLF (http://www.srlf.ucla.edu/)

http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/1624274?page=frame&url=%3D%3FUTF-8%3FB%3FaHR0c\
DovL21lbHZ5bC5jZGxpYi5vcmcvRj9mdW5jPWZpbmQtYiZzb3VyY2VpZD1saWJ4dWNsaWJyYXJpZXMmb\
G9jYWxfYmFzZT1DREw5MCZmaW5kX2NvZGU9MDIyJnJlcXVlc3Q9MDAyOS02MDY2%3F%3D&title=Univ\
ersity+of+California+Berkeley&linktype=opac&detail=CUY%3AUniversity+of+Californi\
a+Berkeley%3AAcademic

If that doesn't work, email me and I can photocopy it from University of
Michigan for you.

P.S.  The ANS does own this but they may not have access due to the move.

Dan Freidus, Ph.D.
LSA Academic Advising
1255 Angell Hall
University of Michigan
freidus@...
Advising Appointments: (734)764-0332
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/students/resources

From: amnumsoc-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amnumsoc-l@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of john.warneke
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 7:01 PM
To: amnumsoc-l@yahoogroups.com
Subject: AMNUMSOC-L: Charles K. Panish


To whom it may concern,

I am looking to acquire an article by Charles K. Panish.
'The First Sikh Trans-Sutlej Coinage', published in1967 in the Journal of the
Numismatic
Society of India, Volume XXIX, Part II, Pp.88-90

Sincerely,
John Warneke



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Thursday, November 6, 4:30 p.m., Mead Art Museum
Special Presentation: Whispering Coins: Echoes of Classical Greece
Peter van Alfen, Margaret Thompson Associate Curator of Greek Coins at
the American Numismatic Society, and Luca Grillo, Assistant Professor of
Classics at Amherst College, will lead this fascinating exploration of
the Mead's Greek coins. Professor Grillo will provide a general
overview of the collection, and address the broad numismatic questions:
how were coins minted? what value did they have? what do their images
and symbols mean? Dr. Van Alfen will discuss a selection of coins in
detail, revealing their particular meanings, and demonstrating how much
such objects have to tell to those who listen to their whisper. The
presentation is made possible with generous support from the Amherst Art
Series Fund and the Hall and Kate Peterson Fund. A reception will follow
the presentation. The event is free and open to all.

https://www.amherst.edu/museums/mead/



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UNIVERSITY  OF  CINCINNATI

Department of Classics



MARGO TYTUS VISITING  SCHOLARS  PROGRAM




The University of Cincinnati Classics Department is pleased to
announce the Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars Program.  Tytus Fellows,
in the fields of philology, history and archaeology  will ordinarily
be at least 5 years beyond receipt of the Ph. D. Apart from residence
in Cincinnati during term, the only obligation of Tytus Fellows is to
pursue their own research.   Fellowships are tenable  during the
regular academic year (October 1 to June 10).



There are two categories of Tytus Fellowships,  long-term and short-
term.

Long Term Fellows will come to Cincinnati for a minimum of one
academic quarter (two and a half months) and a maximum of three
during the regular academic year.  They will receive  a monthly
stipend of $1000 plus housing and a transportation allowance.

Short  Term Fellows will come to Cincinnati for a  minimum of one
month and a maximum of two  during the regular academic year.  They
will receive  housing  and a transportation allowance.

Both Long Term and Short  Term Fellows  will also receive office
space and enjoy the use of the University of Cincinnati and Hebrew
Union College Libraries.  While at Cincinnati Tytus Fellows will be
free to pursue their own research.



The University of Cincinnati Burnam Classics Library is one of the
world's premier collections in the field of Classical Studies.
Comprising  235,000 volumes, the library covers all aspects of the
Classics: the languages and literatures, history, civilization, art,
and archaeology.  Of special value for scholars is both the richness
of the collection and its accessibility -- almost any avenue of
research in the classics can be pursued deeply and broadly under a
single roof.  The unusually comprehensive core collection, which is
maintained by three professional classicist librarians, is augmented
by several special collections such as 15,000 nineteenth century
German Programmschriften, extensive holdings in Palaeography,
Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies.   At neighboring Hebrew Union
College, the Klau  Library, with holdings  in excess of 450,000
volumes, is rich in Judaica  and Near Eastern Studies.



    Application Deadline:  January  15.



A description of the Tytus Program is available online at http://
classics.uc.edu/resources/tytus_scholars_program.html. There is an
online application at http://classics.uc.edu/resources/tytusap.lasso.
Questions can be directed to secretary@....


--
Getzel M. Cohen
Professor of Classics and History
Director, Tytus Visiting Scholars Program
Phone: 513-556-1951; Fax: 513-631-1715
Dept. of Classics, 410 Blegen Library, University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0226




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Dear Readers,

                              Many pages of the ANS website now have a
button that facilitates bookmarking and sharing links to individual
pages and records in the collections database.

   For  example, http://www.numismatics.org/index.php?n=Library has a
small plus sign against an orange background at the end of the left-
hand navigation menu. Moving the mouse over this icon will show a
visual menu allowing you to add this page to your bookmarks, e-mail
the URL to yourself or someone else, or save the link via third-party
services such as Google Bookmarks.

I am also integrating this functionality into the collections database.

Go to:
http://numismatics.org/collection?kw=lincoln

[Please note that this link is to a new version of the database that
remains under development.]

You will see that each record has a "Share" button with the plus-sign
logo. Again, this button brings up a menu that allows linking and
sharing. The main difference is that you are saving a direct link to
the individual record in the database.

   It may be that this feature largely explains itself once you use it
so please give it a try. If you want to understand how it works,
click on the small "AddThis" link at the lower-right of the pop-up menu.

   I hope this feature is useful.

   -Sebastian



--------------------------------
Sebastian Heath, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
American Numismatic Society
75 Varick Street
New York, NY 10013

heath@...
(212) 571-4470 x1402

http://www.numismatics.org/

ANS Digital Publications Project: http://www.numismatics.org/dpubs/
Digital Coins Network: http://www.digitalcoins.org/






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Dear Colleagues and Friends,

For those who are attending the Joint AIA/APA Annual Meeting from Jan. 8-11 in
Philadelphia, I would like to call your attention to an AIA session entitled
"Contextual Numismatics: New Perspectives and Interdisciplinary Methodologies":

     Session 7C

     Contextual Numismatics: New Perspectives and Interdisciplinary Methodologies
     Sunday, January 11, 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM

     Organizers: Nathan T. Elkins, Goethe Universität Frankfurt / University of
Missouri; Stefan Krmnicek, Goethe Universität Frankfurt

     Colloquium Overview Statement:

     The participants in this panel expound innovative and dynamic approaches to
the contextual study of ancient coins within an interdisciplinary framework.
Coins have often been reduced to mere aesthetic objects or chronological
refer­ences divorced from consideration of their original contexts in which they
were once embedded. A multidisciplinary treatment of the individual dimensions
of an ancient object (functional, social, historical, political, personal, etc.)
provides a better understanding of its contemporary meaning. In the study of
ancient art and culture, for example, modern scholarship has successfully
applied such ap­proaches. Unlike most art objects, however, coins also have an
equally strong prac­tical and functional quality, which must be investigated in
conjunction with their other dimensions and within the wider context of material
culture. Therefore, the numismatist ought to formulate proper methodologies that
address these factors suitably.

     Using the above methodologies and approaches, the first two papers in this
panel explore the theoretical premises in which numismatics can be applied in a
wider interdisciplinary framework. The third examines the relationship between
hoarders and hoards, while the fourth considers the semantic value of certain
coin types. The final paper reconsiders chisel cuts on Athenian tetradrachms in
relation to function in light of hoard context. Fleur Kemmers, who has
successfully ap­plied the concept of Bildsprache to coins from excavated
contexts, and who is sen­sitive to the advantages of developing numismatic
method and theory, provides discussion.

     1. Session Introduction (Nathan T. Elkins, Goethe Universität
Frankfurt/University of Missouri)

     2. Two Sides of a Coin: Etic Structures and Emic Perspectives in Numismatics
(Stefan Krmnicek, Goethe Universität Frankfurt)

     3. Working in Between: Numismatics as Historical Archaeology (Nanouschka
Myrberg, Stockholm University)

     4. Interrogating Ancient Coin Finds: What They Say, and What They Do Not
Know (Georges Depeyrot, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Delia
Moisil, National Museum of History of Romania)

     5. Coin Imagery, Authority and Communication: the Case of the Later
Soldier-Emperors, ca. A.D. 260–295 (Ragnar Hedlund, Uppsala University)

     6. Chisel Cuts: Bureaucratic Control Marks on Fifth Century Owls in the Near
East? (Richard Fernando Buxton, University of Washington)

     Discussant: Fleur Kemmers (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)

On contextual material approaches to numismatics, one should also take note of
the session which has been organized by Kris Lockyear for the 2009 Roman
Archaeology Conference in Ann Arbor. That sesssion is entitled "Incorporating
Coin Finds into the Archaeological and Historical Narrative."

The Friends of Numismatics will be having a session entitled "Coins and
Identity," which will be listed in the APA's program and which will take place
Sunday afternoon.

All best,
Nathan

-----------------------------------
Nathan T. Elkins

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Assistent der antiken Numismatik
Insitut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Abt. II
Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität

Ph.D. Candidate, Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology
Dept. of Art History and Archaeology
The University of Missouri

Numismatics and Archaeology (my weblog): http://coinarchaeology.blogspot.com

To access the CNLF-FTP EARLY AMERICAN eBOOKs reference library click or
cut & paste, as appropriate:

http://www.box.net/shared/ot40lf6og8

Please keep in mind that this is an Online Reference Library and the
contents should be treated accordingly.  You should assume that nothing
is in the Public Domain.  Fair Research principals apply!

JCSpilman/CNLF

On December 5, 2008, Dr. Ute Wartenberg Kagan, Executive Director of the
ANS, will be presenting a lecture at the San Francisco Historical Bourse
entitled  "From Edward Newell to John Leggett, Ancient Coin Collectors
at the American Numismatic Society".

Dr. Wartenberg Kagan's lecture will be followed by a talk given by
ANS Fellow Mr. Harlan Berk.   Dr. Wartenberg Kagan will also be at the
ANS table at the San Francisco Historical Bourse on Friday and Saturday,
December 5-6, 2008, at the Gold Rush Ballroom, Holiday Inn Golden
Gateway, 1500 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

For more information, please visit
ANS Events Calendar <http://www.numismatics.org/NewsEvents/KaganLecture>



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UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

   Department of Classics



   TYTUS SUMMER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM









The University of Cincinnati Classics Department is pleased to
announce the Margo Tytus Summer Fellowship  Program.    Tytus Summer
Fellows, in the fields of philology, history and archaeology  will
come to Cincinnati for a  minimum of one month and a maximum of
three  during the summer.   Apart from residence in Cincinnati during
term, the only obligation of Summer Fellows is to pursue their own
research.     They will receive  free university housing.   They will
also receive office space and enjoy the use of the University of
Cincinnati and Hebrew Union College Libraries.



The University of Cincinnati Burnam Classics Library (http://
www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/classics/index.html) is one of the
world's premier collections in the field of Classical Studies.
Comprising 225,000 volumes and other research materials, the library
covers all aspects of the Classics: the languages and literatures,
history, civilization, art, and archaeology.  Of special value for
scholars is both the richness of the collection and its accessibility
-- almost any avenue of research in the classics can be pursued
deeply and broadly under a single roof.  The unusually comprehensive
core collection, which is maintained by three professional classicist
librarians, is augmented by several special collections such as
15,000 nineteenth century German Programmschriften, extensive
holdings in Palaeography,   Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies.   At
neighboring Hebrew Union College, the Klau  Library (http://
library.cn.huc.edu/), with holdings  in excess of 450,000 volumes and
other research materials, is rich in Judaica  and Near Eastern Studies.



                Application Deadline:  February 15.  Applicants must
have the Ph.D. in hand at the time of application.



A description of the Tytus Summer Fellowship Program is available
online at http://classics.uc.edu/resources/tytus2.html. There is an
online application at http://classics.uc.edu/resources/
tytussummerap.lasso. Questions can be directed to
secretary@....


--
Getzel M. Cohen
Professor of Classics and History
Director, Tytus Visiting Scholars Program
Phone: 513-556-1951; Fax: 513-631-1715
Dept. of Classics, 410 Blegen Library, University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0226




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An                       Archaeological Study Tour
Turkey                       – Crossroads of Europe and Asia
May                       24– June 13, 2009
Led by Professor Kenneth W. Harl, ANS Trustee and Professor of Classical
and Byzantine History at Tulane University

Tour of Western Turkey will encompass the entire
range of Anatolian history. First, visit the Hittite
center at Bogazkoy, and continue through Cappadocia, with
its wild rock formations and hidden Byzantine churches,
to coastal Turkey, providing unparalleled opportunities
for viewing the famed Hellenistic cities of Asia Minor:
Side, Perge, Aspendos, Ephesus, Pergamon, Sardis, Priene,
Miletus and legendary Troy. After visiting the beautiful
tiled mosques and mausoleums of Ottoman Bursa, the tour
ends in Istanbul, with its magnificent mosques, exceptional
Archaeological Museum, the Topkapí Seraí Museum
and exotic bazaars.

For more information, visit the Archaeological Tours
<http://www.archaeologicaltrs.com/eu_turkey.html> website.



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Below are abstracts and times for two numismatic sessions at the
Joint Annual Meeting of the AIA in Philadelphia, Jan. 8-11, 2009.
The abstracts for the AIA/APA meetings are now fully searchable
online.

I take the text below directly from my blog entry, where hyperlinks
for the abstracts are active.
http://coinarchaeology.blogspot.com/2008/12/abstracts-for-two-
numismatic-sessions.html

Best,
Nathan Elkins

___________________________

In a previous post I discussed the upcoming colloquium, "Contextual
Numismatics: New Perspectives and Interdisciplinary Methodologies,"
at the 2009 AIA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia that Stefan Krmnicek
and I organized. The AIA has now finalized the program of sessions
and papers for the Annual Meeting in Philadelphia and abstracts are
now available online, including those for our session. For
convenience I post the abstracts for our session and the topics about
which our panelists will speak below. The APA, whose Annual Meeting
is joint with the AIA's, has a session on "Coins and Identity" and I
post those abstracts below as well.



AIA Session 6A
Contextual Numismatics: New Perspectives and Interdisciplinary
Methodologies
Saturday, January 10, 2009, 1:30-4:30


Organizers: Nathan T. Elkins, Goethe Universität Frankfurt /
University of Missouri; Stefan Krmnicek, Goethe Universität Frankfurt

1. Session Introduction (Nathan T. Elkins, Goethe Universität
Frankfurt / University of Missouri)


Colloquium Overview Statement:

The participants in this panel expound innovative and dynamic
approaches to the contextual study of ancient coins within an
interdisciplinary framework. Coins have often been reduced to mere
aesthetic objects or chronological references divorced from
consideration of their original contexts in which they were once
embedded. A multidisciplinary treatment of the individual dimensions
of an ancient object (functional, social, historical, political,
personal, etc.) provides a better understanding of its contemporary
meaning. In the study of ancient art and culture, for example, modern
scholarship has successfully applied such approaches. Unlike most art
objects, however, coins also have an equally strong practical and
functional quality, which must be investigated in conjunction with
their other dimensions and within the wider context of material
culture. Therefore, the numismatist ought to formulate proper
methodologies that address these factors suitably.
Using the above methodologies and approaches, the first two papers in
this panel explore the theoretical premises in which numismatics can
be applied in a wider interdisciplinary framework. The third examines
the relationship between hoarders and hoards, while the fourth
considers the semantic value of certain coin types. The final paper
reconsiders chisel cuts on Athenian tetradrachms in relation to
function in light of hoard context. Fleur Kemmers, who has
successfully applied the concept of Bildsprache to coins from
excavated contexts, and who is sensitive to the advantages of
developing numismatic method and theory, provides discussion.


2. Two Sides of a Coin: Etic Structures and Emic Perspectives in
Numismatics (Stefan Krmnicek, Goethe Universität Frankfurt)

This study discusses ancient coin finds in the wider cross-
disciplinary framework of cultural anthropological and sociological
theories. The current state of research in numismatics, the limits of
contemporary numismatic methodology, and a discussion about new
perspectives take center stage.

Typically in Classical archaeology and historical disciplines,
ancient coins are uniformly perceived as money in modern economic
terms; alternative or complementary functions of coins are rarely
considered. In the past few years—influenced by the concepts of
exchange, barter, and reciprocity—Iron Age numismatists have
developed a dichotomy between ritual and non-ritual interpretations
for a better understanding of the meaning and function of Celtic
coins replacing the exclusively economic line of interpretation.

However, like all archaeological artifacts, coins cannot be reduced
solely to one lifelong meaning, whether singularly economic or
ritual. Ancient coins, like other objects, are actively meaningful in
various dimensions through the relationships established with people.
The object's function and usage can change constantly—in the systemic
context of the past and even in today's world. These individual
moments of practical usage can be understood through the model of a
theoretical biography of the object. In effect, however, only the
final context in the biography of a coin in the past Lebenswelt
provides proper archaeological interpretations of the archaeological
evidence. As a consequence, only archaeologically recovered coin
finds, with a well-documented archaeological context, are suitable
for understanding the usage and meaning for their contemporary
consumer.

3. Working in Between: Numismatics as Historical Archaeology
(Nanouschka Myrberg, Stockholm University)

The focus here is on the numismatic discipline as a scholarly field
of research. History, archaeology, art history, and economic history
are closely related disciplines, whose materials, methods, and
terminology are often used and touched upon. Between archaeology's
centering on the object and history's detached attitude to material
culture, there is a space or field of tension where numismatic
practice can choose to orient itself more or less outspokenly to the
one or the other pole.

Working on coins within the theoretical and methodological framework
of historical archaeology implies giving equal weight to several
aspects and contexts of the objects. Coins incorporate the dimensions
of object, text, and picture. These dimensions have parallel
functions and strata of meaning, which do not exclude but reinforce
each other, even when they are not obviously speaking with one single
voice. The practical function as a monetary object is an essential
aspect of coins, but not the only one. Thus it is essential to
benefit from the numismatist's knowledge of the coin's primary
context (origin) as well as to create an understanding of the
secondary contexts (uses, reuses, and deposition). Between the one
context and the other, the coins go through transformations, which
may consist of transportations, demonetisation, mutilation,
additions, and various reuses. This is their life biography, of which
every stage is of interest to numismatic studies.

4. Interrogating Ancient Coin Finds: What They Say, and What They Do
Not Know (Georges Depeyrot, Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique; Delia Moisil, National Museum of History of Romania)

Over the past decade, we have been publishing the systematic
inventories of ancient Greek and Roman coin finds from the regions of
the Transcaucasus (Georgia, Armenia) and from the countries of
Central Europe (Poland, Romania, Moldova, Ex-USSR, etc.).

This extensive documentation allows a clear understanding of the
distribution of coin finds, but also the distribution of ensembles,
single finds, and/or hoards.

We can interrogate this documentation to understand how coins
circulated in antiquity. Their wear indicates whether or not they
were used in daily transactions and for how long. Finally, the
importance of hoards reveals several modes of conservation but also
the nature of discoveries.

We consider, for example, discoveries of silver Roman coins from
Romania. More than 500 hoards have been inventoried. Some hoards were
reconstituted by the addition of coins at later dates.

We evaluate the relationship between currencies, money, and those who
retained them. It is possible to depart from the traditional
numismatic and historical approach and try to consider a new approach
to the study of coin hoards. This method is influenced more from
anthropology than archaeology.

This systematic study considers the monetary economy during the
period from the second century B.C. to the end of the third century
A.D.

5. Coin Imagery, Authority and Communication: the Case of the Later
Soldier-Emperors, ca. A.D. 260–295 (Ragnar Hedlund, Uppsala
University)

I present an investigation of the coinages of the later so-called
soldier-emperors of the later half of the third century A.D. This age
has often been described as an age of crisis. However, to what extent
is this a crisis of imperial authority?

The third century has long been the focus of much scholarly
attention. Not least, much recent work has been done on the coinages
of this age. I suggest that the idea of a crisis of imperial
authority in the later third century can be approached through a
combination of more recent historical theory—most prominently
concerning issues of legitimacy, authority, and communication—with
the most recent publications of numismatic material. I approach the
coins struck for the soldier-emperors as a means of communication,
the aim of which is to express Roman imperial authority. This
authority should be understood in relation to an idea of "Roman
identity."

One of the most important results is that a process of
regionalization can be discerned. Images on coins struck in the
provinces vividly express the development of a "common Roman
identity," and a sense of a "shared Roman memory." I argue that the
developments of such notions are connected to the process through
which the city of Rome was gradually losing its power in favor of the
capitals established under the tetrarchs, and ultimately in favor of
the city of Constantinople.

6. Chisel Cuts: Bureaucratic Control Marks on Fifth Century Owls in
the Near East? (Richard Fernando Buxton, University of Washington)

Gashes made by a chisel across either face of Athenian silver
tetradrachms (henceforth "owls") are a common feature in fourth-
century B.C. hoards from the Near East. Although frequently dismissed
as the result of unsystematic metal tests conducted on owls that were
solely regarded as bullion, recent scholars such as P.G. van Alfen
(AJN 14 [2003] 1-57) point to the consistent patterning in the
placement of such chisel cuts in relation to the owl's iconography.
Van Alfen accordingly argues that this consistency suggests the
marks, whether metal test or not, served to identify the coins not as
bullion, but rather as discrete objects within a regularized system
of bureaucratic control administered from the Near East.

Since such observations have thus far been confined to fourth century
owl hoards, this paper examines evidence for regularized patterns of
Near Eastern chisel cuts even earlier in the fifth century when owls
first reached wide circulation. I argue that close attention to the
find spots (e.g. IGCH 1259) and archaeological contexts (e.g. IGCH
1649) of fifth century hoards demonstrates that systematic chisel
cuts were already well developed in the region by the start of the
fourth century within a self-contained economy that did not feed back
into Greece and its hoards. Such a division is consistent with
patterns observed for the fourth century and suggests that the common
view that owls were used in the Near East during the fifth-century,
primarily for transactions with Greek mercenaries and merchants,
requires serious modification.

Discussant: Fleur Kemmers (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)

__________________________________________________



APA Section 59
Coins and Identity
Sunday, January 11, 2009, 1:45 - 4:15

Organizers: The Friends of Numismatics / Jane De Rose Evans

Session Abstract:


Six papers will focus on what a coin meant to the person arranging
its creation and on what it meant to a person using the coin, as well
as what it meant to a person hoarding or collecting the coin. From
the types of Campania and the Akarnanian League in the fourth century
BC to the iconography of the Late Antique, the papers will analyze
how coins reflect political propaganda and how their types relate to
contemporary events and local cults and religion.


1. Their Neighbor's Keeper: A Neapolitan Coin for Capua (Rabun
Taylor, The University of Texas at Austin)


The bronze coinage of Hellenistic Neapolis (Italy) is dominated by
imagery of Apollo, who is known to have had a robust cult in this
city. But in the second half of the third century, shortly before it
ceased minting altogether, Neapolis briefly issued an obol
representing Artemis/Diana on the obverse and a cornucopia on the
reverse. Both motifs are anomalous for this city; and the pairing of
the hunter-goddess with a symbol of agricultural bounty seems doubly
puzzling. This paper will argue that the imagery on the coin is
intended to signify not Neapolis, but the rival Campanian city of
Capua – a city which, on the one hand, was an agricultural power
befitting the cornucopia; and which, on the other, oversaw the second
most important cult of Diana in all of Italy, on nearby Monte Tifata.
Why would Neapolis assume an alien identity on its coinage?

In 216, during the Second Punic War, Capua took a desperate gamble by
switching its allegiance from Rome to Hannibal. Neapolis, as always,
remained firmly allied with Rome. Monte Tifata itself, with its
famous sanctuary, became Hannibal's base of operations for several
years. When Rome regained Capua and its territory in 211, it wreaked
a selective vengeance, sparing the city's buildings and its territory
but declaring the Campanian plains to be ager publicus, Roman public
property. Extraordinarily, Neapolils' bronze issue was intended to
burnish Capua's greatest assets after their defilement by Hannibal
and to appropriate those assets symbolically on behalf of Rome.


2. New Perspectives on Fourth-Century BCE Akarnanian Coinage (Douglas
Domingo-Forasté, California State University, Long Beach)

*An error with the hyperlink prevents anyone from viewing the
abstract for this paper.


3. Learning from Mistakes: Iconographic and Artistic Errors by Late
Antique Die Engravers (Philip Kiernan, Independent Scholar)

One of the most fundamental questions about Roman coinage is the
extent to which the messages of reverse types were intentional
propaganda on the part of the issuing authority, and to what extent
those messages were understood by those who used the coins. This
paper looks at a rather unorthodox source to shed new light on this
old question – the imitations of the bronze coins of the Gallic
emperor Postumus (A.D. 260-269). In a period when silver coins had
almost been debased to the point of being bronze themselves, Postumus
made the unusual decision to strike large bronze sestertii and double
sestertii. After four years, the experiment was abandoned, but the
need for the fractional coins seems to have remained, with imitations
being struck at local workshops in the Western Empire until at least
A.D. 260. Unlike the more common imitations of contemporary
antoniniani, the imitations of Postumus' bronze coins had a much
larger field on which the die engraver could practice his craft. An
examination of these coins reveals a number of interesting mistakes,
suggesting that even the more talented of the unofficial engravers
had only a minimal understanding of the iconography of the official
coins they copied.



4. Not the Egyptian Type: Denominational Distinctions and the
Selection of Images at the Roman Mint of Alexandria (Sean O'Neil,
Randolph-Macon College)


Much has been made over the extraordinary diversity of individual
types issued from the Roman mint at Alexandria. In choosing to
maintain the closed currency system of their Ptolemaic predecessors,
Roman authorities managed to create an opportunity for the careful
direction of images toward a specific provincial audience. While
several authors and catalogue editors have commented on the
exceptionally broad range of individuals, symbols, monuments, and
deities referenced on the Alexandrian coinage, comparatively little
focus has been placed on the degree of selectivity displayed by Roman
administrators. The mandatory payment of certain taxes in coined
money necessarily established the Alexandrian coinage as the lone
medium for "Roman" ideas and imagery viewed by each and every
provincial, and the ruling authority took full advantage. The
intentional dissemination of certain themes and the appearance of
select imperial family members on particular denominational classes
reflect a keen awareness of the distribution and realms of use for
billon and bronze issues throughout Alexandria and the province. The
distinctions between Greco-Roman and native Egyptian religious
iconography are especially revealing, both in the presence (or lack
thereof) of accompanying Greek legends and in the exclusion of the
latter from the billon denominations that were typically used for
larger transactions in the more Hellenized urban centers. Moreover,
this calculated presentation of native religious symbols and themes
on Alexandrian types can be placed within the broader context of a
pervasive attempt to compel Egyptian provincials to accept a Roman
reinterpretation of their own religious culture.


5. Coins and Meaning: Flavian Case Studies (Sarah E. Cox, Independent
Scholar)

When the study of ancient coins reveals patterns and regularities in
their types and legends, it is natural to infer that they were the
result of planning by a central authority, conceived with a purpose,
often to convey a message to the people. Using examples from the
Flavian period, this paper will look at evidence to support that
thesis as well as grounds to believe that people paid sufficient
attention to what was on their coins to understand the intended
messages. Among the minting patterns in the Flavian period is the
congruence of types and Latin legends on aurei struck for Vespasian
in 70 in both the East and the West. It seems unlikely that very
many, if any, individuals would have noticed this congruence, but
clearly someone was coordinating mint decisions, particularly the use
of Latin legends, empire-wide. Another meaningful, but potentially
unnoticed, decision was to have Vespasian share some precious metal
reverse dies with Titus, but not with Domitian, a distinction that
marked out Titus as his father's colleague in power and his heir
designate. Certain reverse types were targeted for use in particular
regions, such as Pax sacrificing on dupondii of Lugdunum, a type
originally struck at this mint by Galba. In the Flavians' reprise of
the type, the pointed allusion was to Galba's unsuccessful efforts to
establish peace. Lastly, some reverse designs were utilized for
specific denominations, like those of the temple of Jupiter Optimus
Maximus. Asses struck under Vespasian, regardless of when or where,
depicted the temple before its reconstruction, while sestertii showed
its completed state. Perhaps more readily noticeable to the average
viewer would have been the coin types minted to coincide with
specific occasions. One of numerous cases is the striking of the
laurel tree denarii in 74; because laurel had an apotropaic function,
it was used in the lustrum performed at the conclusion of a census,
precisely the situation in 74. Another is Titus's issuance of the
Restoration bronzes for Vespasian's consecratio, all of which carry
some form of the word restituit, explicitly stating that Titus was
restoring earlier coins. By inserting himself in the numismatic
representations of his predecessors, Titus placed both himself and
his father, the new Divus, in the long stream of history beside a
select group of other worthy individuals. I will conclude with a
discussion of how Nero's reputation is reflected in the treatment of
his coinage, based on coin finds in Pompeii. Of 16 hoards of bronze
coins found there, four of them have substantial quantities of
Neronian coins, but 12 contain none of his coins whatsoever.
Particularly interesting is the hoard of over 1300 bronzes from a bar
in insula 1.8, where Nero's coins amazingly constituted less than 1%.
Recalling Epictetus's directive that coins bearing Nero's portrait
should be thrown out as his character was unacceptable, this hoard
dramatically demonstrates that one bar owner, at least, paid close
attention to his currency and adjusted his actions based on its
images and legends.



6. Minting History: The Fabricated Triumph of Drusus (Robin Greene,
University of Washington)


Drusus, the brother of the emperor Tiberius, was a critical figure in
the Augustan wars against the Germanic tribes until his untimely
death while on campaign in 9 BCE. Popular with the people, the
soldiers and the senate, Drusus was acclaimed by his troops as
imperator and awarded a triumph by the senate; Augustus, however,
intervened and granted him an ovatio and "triumphal honors" only.
Ancient sources agree that this successful and likable member of the
imperial family was never permitted to celebrate a proper triumph.
Fifty years later, the emperor Claudius, Drusus' son, minted a coin
series that clearly features triumphal iconography in commemoration
of Drusus' "triumph" over the Germanic tribes; thus, these coins, I
argue, advertise a fictitious event as historical fact. Moreover,
this series served as a model for Claudius' own triumphal series
issued on the occasion of his triumph for the British campaign, an
operation that was generally regarded as far from meriting such an
accolade (Suet. Claud. 17). In this paper I explore two main issues
implicit in these two series. First, I discuss the various reasons
which prompted Claudius to elevate the ovatio of Drusus to a full
triumph and to produce these parallel representations, most important
among which was his need to legitimize his political position by an
emphasis on the achievements and pedigree of his popular father.
Second, I consider how the numismatic fabrication of a non-historical
event may have been perceived by citizens of Rome and the provinces.


Respondent: Jane Cody, University of Southern California

Dr. Nikolaus Schindel will present a lecture entitled "Coinage of
Sasanian Iran" at
the American Numismatic Society

Date: Thursday, 12 February 2009
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: American Numismatic Society, 75 Varick St., Fl. 11
www.numismatics.org <http://www.numismatics.org>

RSVP required to Megan Fenselau at membership@...
<mailto:membership@...>
Or 212-571-4470 ext 117
Government ID required

From its foundation in the early 3rd century AD until its conquest by
the
Muslim Arabs in the 7th century, the Sasanian Empire was one of the most
powerful and well-organized states of the ancient world. Its coinage is
one
of the most important sources for its history, economic and art history.
This talk provides insight into Sasanian numismatics,
especially in comparison with the Roman world, and also focuses on the
research project "Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum".

Nikolaus Schindel has studied numismatics and ancient history at Vienna
University. He is working at the Numismatic Commission of the Austrian
Academy of Sciences and is author of volume 3 of Sylloge Nummorum
Sasanidarum Paris-Berlin-Vienna and SNS Israel (forthcoming).


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See date correction...

Dr. Nikolaus Schindel will present a lecture "Coinage of Sasanian Iran"
at
the American Numismatic Society

Date: Thursday, 22 January 2009
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: American Numismatic Society, 75 Varick St., Fl. 11
www.numismatics.org

RSVP required - to Megan Fenselau at membership@...
<mailto:membership@...>
Or 212-571-4470 ext 117
Government ID required

From its foundation in the early 3rd century AD until its conquest by
the
Muslim Arabs in the 7th century, the Sasanian Empire was one of the most
powerful and well-organized states of the ancient world. Its coinage is
one
of the most important sources for its history, economic and art history.
This talk provides insight into Sasanian numismatics,
especially in comparison with the Roman world, and also focuses on the
research project "Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum".

Nikolaus Schindel has studied numismatics and ancient history at Vienna
University. He is working at the Numismatic Commission of the Austrian
Academy of Sciences and is author of volume 3 of Sylloge Nummorum
Sasanidarum Paris-Berlin-Vienna and SNS Israel (forthcoming)


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   Department of Classics



   TYTUS SUMMER RESIDENCY PROGRAM









The University of Cincinnati Classics Department is pleased to
announce the Margo Tytus Summer Residency Program.    Summer
Residents, in the fields of philology, history and archaeology  will
come to Cincinnati for a  minimum of one month and a maximum of
three  during the summer.   Applicants must have the Ph.D. in hand at
the time of application.   Apart from residence in Cincinnati during
term, the only obligation of Summer Residents is to pursue their own
research.     They will receive  free university housing.   They will
also receive office space and enjoy the use of the University of
Cincinnati and Hebrew Union College Libraries.



The University of Cincinnati Burnam Classics Library (http://
www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/classics/index.html) is one of the
world's premier collections in the field of Classical Studies.
Comprising 235,000 volumes and other research materials, the library
covers all aspects of the Classics: the languages and literatures,
history, civilization, art, and archaeology.  Of special value for
scholars is both the richness of the collection and its accessibility
-- almost any avenue of research in the classics can be pursued
deeply and broadly under a single roof.  The unusually comprehensive
core collection, which is maintained by three professional classicist
librarians, is augmented by several special collections such as
15,000 nineteenth century German Programmschriften, extensive
holdings in Palaeography,   Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies.   At
neighboring Hebrew Union College, the Klau  Library (http://
library.cn.huc.edu/), with holdings  in excess of 450,000 volumes and
other research materials, is rich in Judaica  and Near Eastern Studies.



                Application Deadline:  February 15.



A description of the Tytus Summer Residency Program is available
online at http://classics.uc.edu/resources/tytus2.html. There is an
online application at http://classics.uc.edu/resources/
tytussummerap.lasso. Questions can be directed to
secretary@....


--
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Professor of Classics and History
Director, Tytus Visiting Scholars Program
Phone: 513-556-1951; Fax: 513-631-1715
Dept. of Classics, 410 Blegen Library, University of Cincinnati,
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
THE 2009 J. SANFORD SALTUS AWARD
For Outstanding Achievement in the Art of the Medal and THE STEPHEN K.
SCHER LECTURE
75 Varick Street, Floor 11 New York NY 10013

5:30 pm Reception
6:00 pm Award Ceremony & Lecture
8:00 pm Dinner

To RSVP and for more information about dinner with the artist and the
speaker please contact Megan Fenselau 212 571-4470 ex. 117 or
membership@...

about the award and lecture

The J. Sanford Saltus Award recipient
is British medalist Ron Dutton <http://www.rondutton.co.uk/>

An exhibition of Ron Dutton's medallic work and medals from the
British Art Medal Society will be on display in the new ANS gallery from
12 February to late summer 2009


The Stephen K. Scher Lecturer
Denise Allen, Curator, The Frick Collection
For further details, please visit  the ANS Events Calendar
<http://numismatics.org/NewsEvents/NewsEvents>




Wednesday, February 25, 2009

THE MAMERTINES AND THE SECOND PUNIC WAR
by Dr. Fernando López Sánchez


5:30 pm Reception
6:00 pm Lecture

75 Varick Street, Floor 11
New York NY 10013

To RSVP or for more information please contact
Megan Fenselau at 212-571-4470 ex.117
or membership@...

Government I.D. required

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http://coinarchaeology.blogspot.com/2009/01/disaster-in-germany-royal-collection\
-of.html


The following message was forwarded to me by a French colleague:

     "Disaster in Germany: The Royal Collection of Hannover for sale !!!

     In 1983 the coin collection of the Kings of Hannover was bought by
the Deutsche Bank, who now plans to sell it to a coin dealer. The
"Niedersächsisches Münzkabinett der Deutschen Bank" is one the most
important feudal collections in Germany
     and one of the 25 most important collections in Europe. It was
managed in close cooperation with the "Landesmuseum Hannover"and
became one of the important numismatic institutions in Europe. It is
well known for its exhibitions and
     publications. The head of the coin cabinet, Dr. Reiner Cunz, is
chairman of the German Numismatic Commission, vice president of the
International Committee of Money and Banking Museums ICOMON, board
member of the German Numismatic
     Society, member of the Brunswik Academy of Sciences and other
academic societies.

     A wave with letters of solidarity was sent to leading politicians
in Germany, such as Prime Minister Christian Wulff (Hannover) and
Bundeskulturminister Bernd Neumann (Berlin) and to the CEO of the
Deutsche Bank, Josef Ackermann (Frankfurt)."

This is truly disturbing news. Several museum collections are
currently being sold off on account of the recession and have been in
the news recently, stirring much controversy. These decisions are
often made by administrators and businessmen who are only concerned
about the bottom line and willing to cut things like art collections,
academic programs, and research positions.

The sale of this important numismatic collection would be a great loss
to numismatic scholarship. It should not be simply be divided up among
bidders. I encourage all readers to send letters to those responsible
for the decision to sell the collection and to the named German
politicians. Dr. Lucia Travaini (Milan/Rome) has a page on her
website, http://www.luciatravaini.it/ about the affair (click on
'Appello urgente per la collezione numismatic di Hannover,' which then
takes you to a page in English with further links). You can also read
her letter online.

FYI: her short anecdote about the coins from Rome that Mussolini asked
to be set aside to be melted are indeed the coins finds from Rome that
Prof. Dr. Maria R.-Alföldi and other numismatists at Frankfurt later
identified and catalogued. The finds still await publication for
various reason, though Prof. Dr. von Kaenel and Prof. Dr. R.-Alföldi
have made the unpublished list available to several researchers who
have already demonstrated the great value of this resource in their
published works. These particular coin finds, which were almost lost
due to the whims of a politician, are the most important corpus of
coin finds from the capital of the Roman Empire.

It would indeed be a great scholarly loss for another old collection
to be sold off as Deutsche Bank simply seeks to make up for losses,
unconcerned or uninformed about the educational and scholarly value of
the collection they wish to sell.

According to statements from bank employees, the sale was discussed
before the financial crisis and is not related to those events.
Secondly, I don't think the bank is at all uninformed about the
schoilarly value.  Without the bank the scholarship of the last 25
years would not exist.  The chief concern is the continued cost of
maintaining and protecting the collection, is this a cost a single
private enetity should bear?  The possibility of a permanent loan or a
purchase of the collection by the state of Niedersachsen are both on
the table and would serve both to keep the collection in tact while
allowing the bank to be free of the cost of maintaining the collection.

Jorg Lueke

--- In amnumsoc-l@yahoogroups.com, "archnathan" <NTElkins@...> wrote:
>
> It would indeed be a great scholarly loss for another old collection
> to be sold off as Deutsche Bank simply seeks to make up for losses,
> unconcerned or uninformed about the educational and scholarly value of
> the collection they wish to sell.
>

Dear List,

It has been a while since I've seen this topic.  These taking and
uploading coin images is much simpler than it has been in the past.
It seems that in order to make online images available of the ANS
collection would simply be a matter of taking some time, that is an
effort that could be completed at a reasonable pace.

Is there such an effort underway?  If not, why not?  Scholarship and
education would both be served well by making images available.

Jorg Lueke

Hi amnumsoc-l@onelist.com,

I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my pictures, videos and events and
I want to add you as a friend so you can see it. First, you need to join
Facebook! Once you join, you can also create your own profile.

Thanks,
David

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UNIVERSITY  OF  CINCINNATI

Department of Classics



MARGO TYTUS VISITING  SCHOLARS  PROGRAM




The University of Cincinnati Classics Department is pleased to
announce the Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars Program.  Tytus Fellows,
in the fields of philology, history and archaeology  will ordinarily
be at least 5 years beyond receipt of the Ph. D. Apart from residence
in Cincinnati during term, the only obligation of Tytus Fellows is to
pursue their own research.   Fellowships are tenable  during the
regular academic year (October 1 to June 10).



There are two categories of Tytus Fellowships,  long-term and short-
term.

Long Term Fellows will come to Cincinnati for a minimum of one
academic quarter (two and a half months) and a maximum of three
during the regular academic year.  They will receive  a monthly
stipend of $1000 plus housing and a transportation allowance.

Short  Term Fellows will come to Cincinnati for a  minimum of one
month and a maximum of two  during the regular academic year.  They
will receive  housing  and a transportation allowance.

Both Long Term and Short  Term Fellows  will also receive office
space and enjoy the use of the University of Cincinnati and Hebrew
Union College Libraries.  While at Cincinnati Tytus Fellows will be
free to pursue their own research.



The University of Cincinnati Burnam Classics Library is one of the
world's premier collections in the field of Classical Studies (http://
www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/classics/).  Comprising  over 240,000
volumes, the library covers all aspects of the Classics: the
languages and literatures, history, civilization, art, and
archaeology.  Of special value for scholars is both the richness of
the collection and its accessibility -- almost any avenue of research
in the classics can be pursued deeply and broadly under a single
roof.  The unusually comprehensive core collection, which is
maintained by three professional classicist librarians, is augmented
by several special collections such as 15,000 nineteenth century
German Programmschriften, extensive holdings in Palaeography,
Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies.   At neighboring Hebrew Union
College, the Klau  Library, with holdings  in excess of 450,000
volumes, is rich in Judaica  and Near Eastern Studies.



    Application Deadline:  January  15.



A description of the Tytus Program and an application form is
available online at  http://classics.uc.edu/index.php/tytus.
Questions can be directed to program.coordinator@....






--
Getzel M. Cohen
Professor of Classics and History
Director, Tytus Visiting Scholars Program
Phone: 513-556-1951; Fax: 513-631-1715
Dept. of Classics, 410 Blegen Library, University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0226




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Department of Classics



MARGO TYTUS VISITING  SCHOLARS  PROGRAM




The University of Cincinnati Classics Department is pleased to
announce the Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars Program.  Tytus Fellows,
in the fields of philology, history and archaeology  will ordinarily
be at least 5 years beyond receipt of the Ph. D. Apart from residence
in Cincinnati during term, the only obligation of Tytus Fellows is to
pursue their own research.   Fellowships are tenable  during the
regular academic year (October 1 to June 10).



There are two categories of Tytus Fellowships,  long-term and short-
term.

Long Term Fellows will come to Cincinnati for a minimum of one
academic quarter (two and a half months) and a maximum of three
during the regular academic year.  They will receive  a monthly
stipend of $1000 plus housing and a transportation allowance.

Short  Term Fellows will come to Cincinnati for a  minimum of one
month and a maximum of two  during the regular academic year.  They
will receive  housing  and a transportation allowance.

Both Long Term and Short  Term Fellows  will also receive office
space and enjoy the use of the University of Cincinnati and Hebrew
Union College Libraries.  While at Cincinnati Tytus Fellows will be
free to pursue their own research.



The University of Cincinnati Burnam Classics Library is one of the
world's premier collections in the field of Classical Studies (http://
www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/classics/).  Comprising  240,000
volumes, the library covers all aspects of the Classics: the
languages and literatures, history, civilization, art, and
archaeology.  Of special value for scholars is both the richness of
the collection and its accessibility -- almost any avenue of research
in the classics can be pursued deeply and broadly under a single
roof.  The unusually comprehensive core collection, which is
maintained by three professional classicist librarians, is augmented
by several special collections such as 15,000 nineteenth century
German Programmschriften, extensive holdings in Palaeography,
Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies.   At neighboring Hebrew Union
College, the Klau  Library, with holdings  in excess of 450,000
volumes, is rich in Judaica  and Near Eastern Studies.



    Application Deadline:  January  15.



A description of the Tytus Program and an application form is
available online at  http://classics.uc.edu/index.php/tytus.
Questions can be directed to program.coordinator@....










--
Getzel M. Cohen
Professor of Classics and History
Director, Tytus Visiting Scholars Program
Phone: 513-556-1951; Fax: 513-631-1715
Dept. of Classics, 410 Blegen Library, University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0226




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56th Annual Eric P. Newman
Graduate Summer Seminar in Numismatics
June 7 through July 30, 2010
Study at one of the world's most important
numismatic research institutions
$4,000 stipend available
For over half a century, the American Numismatic Society has offered
select graduate
students and junior faculty the opportunity to learn the basics of
numismatic
scholarship while working hands-on with the collections. The rigorous
eight-week
course, taught by the Curators, guest lecturers, and a Visiting Scholar,
introduces
students with little or no numismatic background to the methods,
theories, and
history of the discipline. Located in New York City's SoHo district,
the ANS houses
one of the world's largest numismatic collections and a
comprehensive numismatic
library; Seminar students will in addition have access to the libraries
of Columbia
University and New York University.
This year's Visiting Scholar will be Dr. Bernhard Woytek, member of
the Numismatic
Commission of the Austrian Academy of Science and Lecturer in
Numismatics
at Vienna University. Dr. Woytek is well known for his research and
publications
on the coinages of the Roman Republic and Empire.
In addition to its traditional strength in Greek and Roman coinages, the
Seminar
this year will include lectures by three eminent Islamic numismatists:
Prof. Stefan
Heidemann, Visiting Professor at Bard Graduate Center; Prof. Jere
Bacharach, Professor
Emeritus at the University of Washington; and Dr. Michael Bates, Curator
Emeritus of Islamic Coinages at the ANS. Students with an interest in
the Islamic
world are particularly encouraged to apply.
Applications are due February 12, 2010. Stipends in the amount of $4,000
are available
on a competitive basis. For application forms and further information,
please
see the Summer Seminar page of our website:
http://www.numismatics.org/Seminar/
Seminar, or contact the Seminar Co-Director, Dr. Peter van Alfen, at
vanalfen@
numismatics.org

VIEW THE FLYER:
http://numismatics.org/wikiuploads/Seminar/2010summerflyer.pdf
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