International Numismatic e-Newsletter no 11 (Oct. 2011)

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Contents The President’s Note Le mot du Président Reports from institutions Announcements Colloquia and Meetings Exhibitions Websites New books Personalia Obituaries INeN Contribute & subscribe

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I n t e r n a t i o n a l N u m i s m a t i c e - N e w s l e t t e r ( I N e N ) - N o 11 - O c t o b e r 2 0 1 1 Electronic Newsletter of the INC/CIN - ISSN 1662-120

The President’s Note / Le mot du Président Dear INC members and friends We announced in the last INeN in February that our new green means of communication with you will now be a biannual electronic Newsletter, the INeN, to be issued in the fall at the beginning at the academic year, and in early spring after the beginning of the calendar year. The Compte Rendu, our substantial annual report continues D r . C armen A rnold -B iucchi to be published in hard copy at the time of the INC Committee’s annual meeting.

I hope you browse our website : for updated information on our activities and electronic versions of interesting features from past Comptes Rendus such as Laws and Prac­ tices Regarding Coin Finds, Famous Numismatists, Great Collectors and History of Collections. You will find it much improved thanks to our webmaster Bernward Ziegaus.

Do send him any pertinent news.

The Proceedings of the XIVth International Numismatic Con­­ gress Glasgow 2009, edited by Nicholas Holmes are going to press. They are being published through Spink of London and will be available from them in October.

Congratulations to the Glasgow team! Behind the scenes, the INC Committee has been hard at work planning one of our major tasks: the Survey of Numismatic Research, as well as preparing for the 2015 Congress in Mes­ sina/Taormina www.xvcin.unime.it.

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Thanks to Vice-President Benedikt Zäch, the Committee held its annual meeting in Winterthur, CH, in conjunction with the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the illustrious Münzkabinett, whose founding curator was Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer. We were the guests of the Cabinet and of the Mayor and City of Winterthur and it is my pleasure to express my profound gratitude. You will read the details below in this issue.

The next annual meeting will take place in Warsaw on May 10 – 11, 2012, at the kind invitation of Prof. Aleksander Bursche and the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw. These generous sponsorships are crucial for the INC: they allow us to save our funds and invest them in scholarships. Benedikt Zäch and I will give a lecture on that occasion. This will be the third time that the INC Committee meets in Poland (previously in 1972 and 1994) I have to close on the sad news that our colleague Mark Blackburn died peacefully at his home on 1 September 2011 after a long and courageous fight with cancer. He was Keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals since 1991 at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College since 1994, University of Cambridge. A memorial service is envisaged for a later date.

Please remember that the INeN is your newsletter so send information to our enthusiastic editors Sylviane Estiot and Benedikt Zäch.

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Chers membres et amis du CIN, La dernière INeN de février vous annonçait qu’à l’avenir notre moyen de communication avec vous sera une Newsletter écologique et verte deux fois par an : en automne au début de l’année académique (octobre-novembre) et au début de l’année civile (janvier-février).

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Le Compte Rendu qui est notre rapport annuel substantiel continuera de paraître avant la réunion du Bureau au printemps. J’espère que vous visitez notre site amplifié et rendu plus élégant par notre webmaster Bernward Ziegaus. Vous y trouverez en plus des nouvelles d’actualité, les archives électroniques des articles des Comptes Rendus sur les Lois, Les Grands Numismates, Les Collectionneurs Célèbres et les His­ toires des Collections Numismatiques. Ne manquez pas de nous envoyer vos nouvelles.

Les Actes du XIVe Congrès International de Numismatique, Glasgow 2009, édités par Nicholas Holmes sont prêts à aller sous presse. Ils seront distribués par Spink de Londres en octobre. Bravo à l’équipe de Glasgow !

Derrière les coulisses, le Bureau travaille infatigablement à la préparation du prochain Survey of Numismatic Research et à celle du Congrès 2015 à Messine/Taormine h t t p : //xvcin.unime.it , nos deux tâches primordiales. Grâce à notre Vice-Président Benedikt Zäch, la réunion du Bureau cette année a eu lieu à Winterthur en Suisse, à l’occasion du 150e anniversaire du célèbre cabinet numismatique de Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer. Nous avons été les hôtes de la Ville et du Cabinet, et je tiens à exprimer toute notre reconnaissance pour le chaleureux accueil du Maire et de nos collègues au Münzkabinett. Vous pourrez en lire le détail ci-dessous.

L’année prochaine le Bureau se réunira à Varsovie le 10 et 11 mai 2012 sur invitation de l’Institut d’Archéologie de l’Université de Varsovie et du Pr. Aleksander Bursche. Ce sera la troisième fois, après 1972 et 1994, que la Pologne offrira son hospitalité au CIN et nous lui en sommes profondément reconnaissants. Cela nous permet de réserver nos fonds pour les bourses aux jeunes chercheurs. Benedikt Zäch et moi donnerons une conférence à cette occasion.

J’ai le triste devoir de vous faire part du décès de notre collègue Mark Blackburn le 1er septembre dernier après un long et courageux combat contre le cancer. Il s’est éteint paisiblement entouré de sa famille. Il était Keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals du Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, depuis 1991, et Fellow of Gonville and Caius College de l’Université de Cambridge depuis 1994.

L’International Numismatic e-Newsletter est vôtre : merci d’envoyer toute information à nos éditeurs diligents, Sylviane Estiot et Benedikt Zäch.

Reports from Institutions Milan, Italy - Università degli Studi, 29 March 2011 : Meeting of the Editors of the Survey of Numismatic Research 2008 – 2013 The purpose of the Survey is to provide a critical (but not polemical) commentary on recent work. It is a selection of the most important works that brought new material or new ideas and methods to the field in the past six years (and those are not necessarily the longest: two pages on a new coin can change a chronology). It is not intended to be exhaustive nor a list of publications that nowadays can easily be found elsewhere As well as covering the principal works, it will also indicate the general directions of thought and changes during the period under review. The Survey has a much wider audience than the world of numismatic scholarship: it must therefore be accessible, interesting and useful also to historians, archaeologists and collectors.

As President I believe that the publication of the Survey is arguably, with the organization of the International Congress

every six years, the most important and useful task that the INC performs for the scholarly and numismatic community at large. Even in this electronic age, it can be a daunting enterprise, one which requires an enormous amount of work and organization. So as reported in CR 57, we started soon after Glasgow. The General Editors are, ex officio the President and the Officer in charge of the Congress: so Maria Caccamo Caltabiano and myself. The INC Committee selected the section editors or subeditors for the different branches of numismatics. The next Survey will consist of six sections and the subeditors are: Antiquity (including Celtic coinages): - M a r g u e r i t e S p o e r r i , Greek - R o g e r B l a n d , Roman - B e r n w a rd Z i e g a u s , Celtic Medieval and Western and coinages: - L u c i a Tr a v a i n i - Hubert Emmerig Islamic, Asian and African coinages: - Stefan Heidemann - François Thierry Oceania and the New World (pre and postcolonial): - J u l i o To r re s - Miguel Ibáñez Artica Medals: - Tu u k k a Ta l v i o General Numismatics: - D a v i d W i g g - Wo l ff - Hortensia von Roten Their task will be to select the individual contributors to their section, to communicate the guidelines and instructions, to enforce adherence to format and deadlines, and to edit the final manuscripts. Following a tradition that Vice President Benedikt Zäch introduced in the previous Bureau, we organized a meeting in Milan in March for all the editors, subeditors, and former editors Donal Bateson and Sally-Anne Coupar who prepared the Glasgow volume for the printer. We were the hosts of the Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità of the Università degli Studi of Milan and of the Società Numismatica Italiana. We are extremely grateful to Professors Adriano Savio and Lucia Travaini and to Dr. Ermanno Winsemann Falghera for their generosity. It was very useful and productive for the team to be able to exchange ideas and to get to know each other in person. It was decided that the Survey of Numismatic Research 2008 – 2013 to be published in summer 2015, will still be a one volume hard copy publication. The length and space for every section was established.

The contributions can be submitted in any of the five official languages of the INC. In conjunction with the meeting, the INC offered two lectures to students of the Università degli Studi and members of the SNI: our Treasurer Tuukka Talvio presented an illustrated talk on: The finds of Byzantine coins from the Northern lands, and I spoke on: Alessandro Magno e gli inizi della monetazione ellenistica. It was a great opportunity to meet with students and colleagues. Our stay in Milan was crowned by a dinner at the home of former INC Vice President Ermanno Arslan: a memorable evening. Now let’s get to work and you will hear more in the next Compte Rendu and INeN! Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, President

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Winterthur, Switzerland – INC Committee Annual Meeting, 31 March-1 April 2011

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The Committee of the International Numismatic Council held its annual meeting in Winterthur March 31- April 1, 2011.

Thanks to the generous invitation of the Münzkabinett und Antikensammlung der Stadt Winterthur with its splendid showrooms in the Villa Bühler all members of the Board were guests and very much enjoyed the hospitality of our Vice President Benedikt Zäch. The Münzkabinett and the city of Winterthur provided accommodations and offered two receptions to the members: one in the Old City Hall where a great many of Swiss numismatic colleagues and student collaborators gathered and socialized, and the other in the guild Zur Geduld. The President of ICOMON and the Schweizer Numismatische Gesellschaft Hortensia von Roten as well as the Director of the Inventar der Fundmünzen der Schweiz Rahel Ackermann joined the reception. Both events were a most welcome opportunity for discussions and exchange of ideas. The members also had the possibility to visit the special exhibition “Gold und Silber – Neues Geld im Spätmittelalter”, which was organized on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Münzkabinett Winterthur.

At the INC Committee Meeting, Secretary Michael Alram presented the new Compte Rendu 57/2010 with articles on: “The law and practice regarding coin finds in the United States”, the famous numismatist Ernest Babelon, the collector Albéric du Chastel and obituaries of Honorary Members Octavian Iliescu, Pierre Bastien and Attilo Stazio. An article on the “Münzkabinett des Historischen Museums Bern” gives an overview on the history and origins and about the vision of the cabinet for the future.

The INC accepted three applications for membership (Universita della Calabria; Museo de Prehistòria di València; Koninklijk Nederlands Genootschap voor Munt- en Penningkunde Utrecht).

Early in 2011 some new frames were introduced on the w e b s i t e o f t h e I N C - C I N . The website now contains a link to the XVth International Numismatic Congress in 2015 in Messina/ Taormina. Maria Caltabiano, who will organize the Congress presented the newly installed w e b s i t e , which will be upgraded continuously. The Survey on Numismatic Research 2002–2007 (Glasgow 2009) is now available online (cf. infra).

There was also a first brainstorming to simplify and to modify the INC-CIN-logo not just to create something new, but

T he INC C ommittee A nnual meeting in W interthur M. Caccamo Caltabiano, D. Bateson, S. Estiot, M. Alram, C. Arnold-Biucchi, B. Zäch, T. Talvio, B. Ziegaus, P. P. Ripolles

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to better express thre distinctive characteristic of the INC, which is the only global numismatic organization working on a platform for the most spoken languages in the world (except Chinese which the Committee is determined to include in the future).

The INC in accordance with its mission statement is constantly striving to improve and broaden collaboration between numismatists, archeologists and historians. Reports from different colleagues working on numismatic projects have shown, that there is not only a lack of funds but also a dearth of young researchers. The INC therefore renews its offer to give its patronage to international numismatic projects and publications. To receive a patronage, detailed proposals should be sent to Secretary Michael Alram by the end of February 2012 so that the Committee can review them before its annual spring meeting.

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the collection of lead seals, and presented on the use of several complementary technologies, including the database for Byzantine seals (SIGIDOC). In addition, Joel Kalvesmaki (Dumbarton Oaks), provided an introduction to Unicode The editing and proofing of the Proceedings of the Glasgow fonts, and especially the development Dumbarton Oaks font Congress are now complete. Nicholas Holmes, a member of for coin and seal inscriptions, Athena-Ruby. Meanwhile, Joe the Congress Organising Committee and Honorary Research Mills, also of Dumbarton Oaks, demonstrated the methods Associate at the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh, of high-quality digital photography and image manipulation. is the Editor. The Proceedings will be a substantial two vo- In the unfortunate absence, for medical reasons, of Sebaslume hard cover containing over 250 papers resulting from tian Heath, who had agreed to conduct sessions on map the wide range of presentations delivered in Glasgow. This construction, Kuba Kabala introduced the other participants will go to the printers within the next few weeks. It is being to mapping using Arc-GIs and to the D i g i t a l A t l a s o f t h e published through Spink of London and will be available from R o m a n a n d M e d i e v a l C i v i l i z a t i o n s (Harvard) and Jonathan them. The cost will be under £100. As soon as the Procee­ Shea to the Pleiades gazetteer developed by the I n s t i t u t e f o r dings are available further general and individual notification S t u d y o f t h e A n c i e n t Wo r l d (New York). and information will be sent out.

Student presentations, either as a part of broader research inD. Bateson, terests or as a contribution to a specific project, rounded out Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow the program in the final week. Sencan Altinoluk (Canakkale University) presented a preliminary catalogue of Byzantine coins and seals in the collection of the Ödemiş Museum in Washington D.C., USA - Dumbarton Oaks Fourth Izmir, Turkey. Esra Erdogan (Marmara University), meanwhile, Summer Program in Byzantine Numismatics and assembled the seals of the doux of Antioch during the XIth century, providing a prosopography of the institution during Sigillography (5-29 July 2011) its first hundred years. Dimitrios Krikelikos (Aristotle University, Thessaloniki) studied the excavation In July 2011, the summer procoin finds from the Late Roman site of gram in Byzantine numismatics the St. Hilarion sanctuary in Gaza. Kuba and sigillography met once again Kabala (Harvard University) presented a at the Dumbarton Oaks Center preliminary survey of numismatic data for Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, from Balkan excavations and hoards and Garden and Landscape to assess economic, political, and straStudies in Washington, D.C. The tegic boundaries on the Bulgarian-Byprogram brought together stuzantine frontier of the IX-Xth centuries. dents from the United States, Lain Wilson (Princeton University) proEurope, and Turkey for daily sevided a technical and stylistic study of minars in analytical methods and the XIIIth-century gold hyperpyra of John application of material evidence III Vatatzes in the Dumbarton Oaks and to archaeological and historical Princeton collections. Naomi Pitamdisciplines. In addition to these ber (UCLA) discussed the emergence classes, the final week compriof the Christ Chalkites imagery on the sed a series of student presentacoins and seals of the Nicaean Empire. tions on research topics chosen Margherita Pomero (University of Boat the outset of the program. logna) analyzed the emergence of idioThe daily seminars were directed syncratic iconographies during the

by Cécile Morrisson for coins XIIIth and XIVth centuries, including the and Eric McGeer and Vivien “winged emperor type” and their role in Prigent (CNRS, Paris) for seals. imperial propaganda. Finally, Federico Students were able to take adMontinaro (École pratique des hautes vantage of the thousands of études, Paris) studied the seals of kom­ objects in the Dumbarton Oaks merkiarioi of the VIIth and VIIIth centuries, Collection to learn methods of arguing for a reinterpretation of their identification, reading, and dafunction and presenting the patterns of ting, as well as for discussions numerical and geographical proliferation about the evolution of iconodown to 730 CE. graphy and the mechanics and The DO 4 Summer Program in Numismatics The participants of the program would techniques of production. Comand S igillography plementing this collection, an ( from l . to r .) , front row : M. Mullett, C. Morrisson, like to express their thanks to Cécile assembly of staff and fellows V. Prigent; second row : S. Altinoluk, M. Pomero, Morrisson, Vivien Prigent, and Eric provided presentations of their S. Italiano (Byzantine Assistant); third row : E. Erdogan, McGeer for a wonderful course, as well N. Pitamber; fourth row : D. Krikelikos, F. Montinaro; as to Margaret Mullett, Director of Byown research as well as general fifth row : K. K abala , L. W ilson ; last row : J. S hea zantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, for expertise both in and out of the (P hoto : J oe M ills ) her numerous and valuable contribuseminar. Luca Zavagno (Eastern tions, intellectual and logistical, and to Mediterranean University) presented a reassessment of the traditional periodization on the all the staff and fellows who took time from their own work to island of Cyprus based upon coin finds. Dr. Eurydice Geor- aid us in ours. ganteli (Birmingham University/Barber Institute) provided vaLain Wilson, luable and appreciated insights in the discussions, especially Princeton University regarding the relationship of coins to archaeology. Jonathan Shea (Dumbarton Oaks) assisted with seminars, managed

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Wien, Österreich - 4. Numismatisches Sommerseminar 2011 am Institut für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte der Universität Wien (25. Juli-5. August 2011) Das Institut für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte veranstaltete in der Zeit vom 25. Juli bis 5. August 2011 das vierte internationale numismatische Sommerseminar unter dem Titel “Ein Numismatischer Sommer in Wien”. Zielpublikum waren Studierende aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum, die ihre Kenntnisse in der Numismatik ausbauen wollen. Nur das Wiener Institut, das einzige Universitätsinstitut unseres Fachs im deutschsprachigen Gebiet, verfügt über entsprechend breite Ausbildungs- und Studienmöglichkeiten. Um diese Chance mehr Studierenden zugänglich zu machen, veranstaltet das Institut jährlich numismatische Sommerseminare; dabei wechseln sich Anfängerseminare mit solchen für Fortgeschrittene ab.

Ziel des Seminars war es, Grundkenntnisse in der Numismatik aller Epochen zu vermitteln; der epochenübergreifende Charakter ist uns dabei besonders wichtig. Die erste Woche bestand deshalb aus einführenden Vorlesungen zu den einzelnen Perioden und Epochen der Numismatik, gemischt mit zahlreichen Lehrausgängen; so wurden die Münze Österreich, das Münzkabinett des Kunsthistorischen Museums, die Sammlung (und das Museum) des Schottenstifts und (in der zweiten Woche) das Geldmuseum der Oesterreichischen Nationalbank besucht.

Dank der Mithilfe von Studierenden und Absolventen des Instituts stand auch ein Übungsblock auf dem Programm, in dem – unter persönlicher Betreuung – der praktische Umgang mit Objekten verschiedener Zeitstellung geübt werden konnte.

Die zweite Woche stand dann im Zeichen einer Vertiefung speziellerer numismatischer Fragestellungen. Das Spektrum reichte von Systemrekonstruktion und Fundauswertung in der antiken Numismatik und Schriftgut aus der Münzverwaltung des Spätmittel­ alters bis zur deutschen Medaille des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts. In diesen intensiveren Arbeitsblöcken hatten auch die Teilnehmer selbst kleinere wissenschaftliche Fragestellungen zu übernehmen.

Die Exkursion nach Graz in das Münzkabinett am Universalmuseum Joanneum war dann ein logischer Abschluss der beiden Wochen: dort konnte Mag. Karl Peitler vorführen, mit welchen Aufgaben und Problemen eine kleinere regionale Einrichtung, das Münzkabinett für das Bundesland Steiermark, bei der Sammlung, Bewahrung, Auf­ arbeitung und Ausstellung numismatischen Materials konfrontiert ist.

N umismatisches S ommerseminar W ien J. Bastians, A. Kuhle, F. Riedel, M. Imbach, M. Latos, M. Ohlig, C. Klein, H. Maué, H. Emmerig, B. Awianowicz ; M ittlere R eihe : C. Willkommen, R. Wolters, S. Pfützenreuter, K. Futh, S. Kraus, F. Weise, C. Walther, E. List, W. Szaivert, M. Peter; V orne sitzend : A. van Ross, F. Schulte, Y. Wagner, E. Astakhova; A uf dem F oto fehlen : J. Freche und J. Meinhold (F oto : M. H ollunder )

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Die Sommerseminare zielen nicht darauf ab, viele Studierende für eine Spezialisierung auf die Numismatik zu gewinnen, sondern sie wollen bei den Nachbarfächern Grundkenntnisse in der Numismatik vermitteln und damit ein Verständnis für die Fragestellungen und Anliegen der Numismatik wecken und fördern.

Von den insgesamt 44 Bewerbern, die sich auf die Aus­ schreibung im Frühjahr 2011 hin gemeldet hatten, konnten leider nur 20 Studierende aus Deutschland, der Schweiz und aus Russland einen Platz bekommen. Auswahlkriterien waren dabei einerseits ein Studienfach, das einen entsprechenden Nutzen numismatischer Kenntnisse erwarten ließ, und andererseits der Studienfortgang. Absolute Studienanfänger wurden ebenso wie weit fortgeschrittene Studierende auf künftige Veranstaltungen verwiesen. Auch Studierende aus Wien wurden nicht berücksichtigt, da ihnen die regulären Lehrveranstaltungen des Instituts im Laufe des normalen Studienjahres offen stehen.

Die Hauptakteure der beiden Wochen waren die wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter des Instituts (Prof.

Reinhard Wolters, Prof. Wolfgang Szaivert, Prof. Hubert Emmerig), zu denen in der zweiten Woche noch Dr. Hermann Maué aus Nürnberg (Medaillenkunde) und Dr. Markus Peter aus Augst (Interpretation antiker Münzfunde) hinzutraten. Ihnen ist dafür ebenso zu danken wie den vielen Mit­ arbeitern der anderen beteiligten Institutionen, die wieder für unser Sommerseminar offen standen.

Nach den weitgehend positiven Rückmeldungen der Teil­ nehmerinnen und Teilnehmer haben die Studierenden viel profitiert und auch zahlreiche Anregungen für ihre weiteren Studien bekommen. Da sie an ihrer Heimatuniversität vielfach als wissenschaftliche Hilfskräfte eingesetzt sind, werden sie sicher als Multiplikatoren wirken; so ist für die nächste solche Veranstaltung im Jahr 2012 mit noch größerem Andrang zu rechnen.

Ohne engagierte Sponsoren wären unsere Sommerseminare nicht durchzuführen. Ihnen allen danken wir im Namen aller TeilnehmerInnen sehr herzlich für ihre großzügige Unter­ stützung. Für das Jahr 2012 ist das 5. Numismatische Sommerseminar bereits in Planung. Die Veranstaltung wird wieder (wie schon 2010) eine spezielle Ausrichtung

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auf fortgeschrittene Studierende haben; sie wendet sich also an solche Studierende, die bereits an einer Abschlussarbeit schreiben und zu deren Thema die Numismatik einen Beitrag leistet. Dabei wird vor allem in interdisziplinärer Weise untersucht werden, welche Rolle numismatische Fragestellungen in den zur Bearbeitung übernommenen Themen spielen und wie diese numismatischen Ansätze sinnvoll und fruchtbringend weiterentwickelt werden können. Dabei ist auch an eine Teilnahme und Mitwirkung von Wiener Studierenden, insbesondere Doktoranden, gedacht.

ration work going on in the Great Guild Hall, the home of the Estonian History Museum. In an exhibition of Estonian coin hoards at the Institute of History of the Tallinn University, Mauri Kiudsoo showed us a Viking-Age hoard found near Tallinn in August 2010 (1 329 coins, tpq 1059).

The foreign participants were accommodated in a guest house of the Brigittine Convent built beside the ruins of the medieval Church of St. Bridget. Being in Tallinn at the time of an unusually heavy snowstorm was quite an experience for many of them.

Universität Wien,

Institut für Numismatik und Geldge s c h i c h t e

Tallinn, Estonia – International numismatic symposium and a new numismatic exhibition The symposium in Tallinn on 9-10 December 2010 focussed on the medieval monetary history of the Baltic area. There had been a similar conference in Copenhagen in 1981, with participants from England, Germany, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Estonia. Most of these countries were represented also this time: Germany (Peter Ilisch), Poland (Stanisław Suchodolski, Borys Paszkiewicz), Denmark (Jørgen Steen Jensen, Gitte Tarnow Ingvardson), Sweden (Kenneth Jonsson, Nanouschka Myrberg, Cecilia von Heijne), Finland (Tuukka Talvio, Hannu Sarkkinen), Estonia (Mauri Kiudsoo, Gunnar Haljak, Ivar Leimus). There were now also participants from Latvia (Viktors Dāboliņš) and Lithuania (Dalia Grimalauskaitė, Vytautas Aleksiejūnas, Eduardas Remecas). Thirty years is a long time – only two of those who were present, Suchodolski and Jensen, had attended the earlier meeting in Copenhagen.

Seventeen papers were presented during the two days.

Tuukka Talvio, Eduardas Remecas and Kenneth Jonsson presented the finds of Livonian coins from Finland, Lithuania, and Sweden. Gunnar Haljak, Ivar Leimus and Hannu Sarkkinen discussed the typology of Livonian coins and the political and economic changes behind them. Nanouschka Myrberg, Cecilia von Heijne and Peter Ilisch dealt with the coins and coin finds of the 13th and 14th centuries against the background of the Northern Crusades, while Gitte Tarnow dealt with the early medieval monetary history of Bornholm and Denmark.

The second day of the symposium started with Polish and Lithuanian monetary history. Stanisław Suchodolski discussed the problems of the Polish coins of the 11th and 12th centuries. Borys Paszkiewicz concentrated on a single denomination: ‘Why was the halbscoter not half a scot?’ The paper by Vytautas Aleksiejūnas on the symbolism of Lithuanian coins of the 15th and 16th centuries caused a lively exchange of opinions. Dalia Grimalauskaitė and the Belarusian numismatist Ivan Sintšuk (who was not present) discussed the account books and other numismatic sources concerning the Grand Duke Alexander of Lithuania. Viktors Dāboliņš presented a paper prepared together with Tatjana Berga on the beginning of the minting in Riga 800 years ago. Jørgen Steen Jensen discussed the contacts between Jakob Reichel, the wellknown St. Petersburg numismatist, and his Baltic colleagues in the mid-19th century. The symposium was brought to a conclusion by Mauri Kiudsoo’s theoretical comments on the Estonian hoards of the medieval and early modern period.

The symposium was held in the Tallinn City Archives. On the first evening there was a memorable reception in the medieval City Hall, and the next day we could see the resto-

The new exhibition was opened on 28 May 2011 in the Estonian History Museum in the former Great Guild Hall. In 2010 the building celebrated its 600th anniversary, and in connection with the extensive reconstruction and restoration work, the historical excise chamber, built in 1551, was transformed into a permanent exhibition of the coins and banknotes that were used in Estonia over the centuries. The exhibition, named “Striking it Rich” (Ratsa rikkaks), is divided chronologically into six parts, beginning with the Viking Age (9th–12th c.). The monetary history of all the periods is presented on interactive touch screens. About 900 coins and a number of banknotes are exhibited. In earlier times, the use of coins as jewellery was very common in Estonia, and such jewellery is also presented, together with many other objects, like purses, scales and coin weights. There is also information about the wages and prices of every period. Great rarities are shown in a special safe room – at the moment a sreberenik of Yaroslav the Wise. For the kids, there is a dragon guarding treasures and making noises.

Ivar Leimus, Estonian History Museum, Tallinn

Riga, Latvia - The Association of Baltic Numismatists: events and commemorations in Riga On 25 May 2011 the conference “Riga’s money-800 years” was held in the National Museum of History of Latvia. There were presentations by the Director of the National Museum of History of Latvia Arnis Radiņis (The political and economic situation in the Baltic Sea Region in XIIth century), Museum’s numismatists Kristīne Ducmane (Money in Latvia territory in XIIIth century), Anda Ozoliņa (Minting in Riga in XIIIth century), archeologist Ēvalds Mugurēvičs (Mārtiņsala (Holme) – first finding place of Riga’s coins) and by Maruta Brūkle of the Bank of Latvia (The collector coins of the Bank of Latvia over time). Seven papers were read in archaeological and numismatic themes. On the occasion of the conference an exhibition with the same name was displayed, organized by K. Ducmane. The members of the Association of Baltic Numismatists were invited to the conference and exhibition. In this occasion the seventh annual meeting of the Association was held in Riga on 25–26 May. On 21 June 2011 the exhibition “Anton Buchholtz (1848– 1901): numismatist and collector” was opened in The Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation. The exhibition is dedicated to the history of coin minting in Riga and to Dr. phil. A. Buchholtz as a founder of Livonian numismatics to celebrate the 110th anniversary of the death of this prominent Baltic German historian, archaeologist and numismatist. The world’s largest collection of Baltic coins and medals amassed by A. Buchholtz is preserved at the Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation. The museum has published a facsimile edition with commentaries : “Dr. Phil. An-

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ton Buchholtz Baltic Coin and Medal Collection Catalogue (Dr. phil. Anton Buchholtz Sammlung baltischen Münzen und Medaillen von Heinrich Johumsen)” (Rīga: Rīgas vēstures un kuģniecības muzejs, 2011, by Tatjana Berga).

On the same day the unveiling of a commemorative tomb­ stone at Anton Buchholtz’ final resting place in Riga’s “Lielie Kapi” cemetery took place. The tombstone was manufactured in part with funds donated by the Association of Baltic Numismatists.

Dalia Grimalauskait ė

Announcements Survey of Numismatic Research 2002-2007 The Survey of Numismatic Research 2002-2007, published at the occasion of the XIV International Numismatic Congress in Glasgow (2009) is now available online on the website of the INC/ CIN. S u r v e y 2 0 0 2 - 2 0 0 7 (pdf) S u r v e y 2 0 0 2 - 2 0 0 7 E r r a t a (pdf)

Messina, Italy - LIN Project Thanks to a new grant form the Italian Ministry of University and Research, the LIN Project (Lexicon Iconographicum Numismaticae Classicae et Mediae Aetatis) was able to resume its work on the topic of Coinage and territorial identity: from Ancient ‘Polis’ to Mediaeval ‘Civitas’.

The four research units will deal respectively with: 1. Coinage and Mediterranean identity: the personifications of cities or eponymous nymphs and their relation with the Sea (Messina Unit: Coordinator Maria Caccamo Caltabiano); 2. Tychai / Personification of cities and female town divinities: coinage of the Imperial period in the Roman East (Bologna Unit: Coordinator Anna Lina Morelli); 3. Coinage and civic provincial Identity: Reality and Sym­ bology of the Rivers’ and Mountains’ Images (Genoa Unit: Coordinator Rossella Pera); 4. The cities’ numismatic ‘lexicon’: the founder’s image from the ancient ‘polis’ to the medieval ‘civitas’ (Milan Unit: Coordinator Lucia Travaini).

The objectives are twofold: 1. to demonstrate the importance of coin iconography to further our historical knowledge of the ancient and medieval periods by means of monographic studies, articles and entries for the LIN; 2. to set up a functional computing system to continue, and internationalize the project LIN through DIANA “Digital Iconographic Atlas of Numismatics in Antiquity”.

The aim of our study is the historical reconstruction of the monetary types as an expression of identity and power, and of cultural relations and influences between the peoples of the Mediterranean. We will highlight the role of the “female” component in restablishing civic identity through Personifications of the Cities, Amazons, ‘Tychai’ and Polyadic Deities.

At the same time, a “male” role will emerge, reflected by the existence of human and divine eponymous founders, and - in the Middle Ages - of Bishop Saints in relation to the origins of cities.

The DIANA digital Atlas of coin types is a database for the diachronic and diatopic distribution on “digital maps” of the individual entries of the four Research Units. The entries for the various categories of subjects, which form the extensive iconographic heritage of coinage will be posted online and made available free of charge to provide a model for outside contributors, to promote the internationalisation of the LIN Project.

Maria Caccamo Caltabiano, Università degli Studi di Messina

The INC Annual Travel Grant 2012-2013 Following article 1 of the constitution, «to facilitate cooperation among individuals and institutions in the field of numismatics 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 numismatic 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 itinerary 2) a reference from a numismatic specialist who is or will be supervising the work 3) 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 applications 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 numismatique », 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 :

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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, Münzkabinette 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, und 3) die Empfehlung eines Mitgliedes des INR (eines Ehrenmit­ gliedes 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.

Tübingen, Deutschland - Das Institut für Klassische Archäologie der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen sucht eine/n Akademische Mitarbeiterin/Akademischen Mitarbeiter Das Institut für Klassische Archäologie der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen sucht zum ehest möglichen Zeitpunkt (befristet auf 2 Jahre) eine/n Akademische Mitarbeiterin / Akademischen Mitarbeiter.

Das Aufgabengebiet umfasst primär die Vertretung der Lehre auf dem Gebiet der antiken Numismatik (4 LVS) sowie die wissenschaftliche Erforschung, Erschließung und Betreuung der numismatischen Sammlungen des Instituts im Museum Schloss Hohentübingen. Die Ausschreibung richtet sich sowohl an Numismatiker mit archäologisch geprägtem For­

schungsschwerpunkt als auch an Klassische Archäologen mit stark numismatisch geprägtem Forschungsschwerpunkt. Einstellungsvoraussetzung ist eine sehr gute Promotion im Fach Antike Numismatik oder Klassische Archäologie. Es wird außerdem erwartet, dass der/die MitarbeiterIn eigene wissenschaftliche Projekte zum Zwecke einer Habilitation verfolgt, sich an Drittmittelprojekten des Instituts beteiligt oder solche selbständig einwirbt. Die Weiterführung der antiken Numismatik an der Universität Tübingen ist auch nach Ablauf der zwei Jahre geplant.

Die Universität Tübingen strebt eine Erhöhung des Anteils von Frauen in Forschung und Lehre an und bittet deshalb entsprechend qualifizierte Wissenschaftlerinnen um ihre Bewerbung. Schwerbehinderte werden bei gleicher Eignung bevorzugt berücksichtigt.

Bewerbungen werden bis zum 31. Oktober 2011 erbeten an den Direktor des Instituts für Klassische Archäologie, Prof. Dr. Thomas Schäfer, Schloss Hohentübingen, D – 72070 Tübingen Tel. 07071/ 2972378

Colloquia and Meetings Paris, France - École Pratique des Hautes Études (12-14 septembre 2011) Colloque Mine, métal, monnaie. Autour du cas de Melle, les voies de la quantification de l’histoire monétaire du haut Moyen Âge La quantification monétaire, qu’il s’agisse de l’Antiquité ou des périodes plus récentes de l’Histoire, est une préoccupation majeure des historiens des échanges et des numismates. Pour le haut Moyen Âge, le manque de données chiffrées a par le passé incité à étudier cette question par des approches extérieures à la monnaie. Des travaux récents démontrent toutefois que l’examen des données qui l’entourent peut constituer une approche légitime pour cette période. L’étude en cours de la signature géochimique du métal produit à Melle, dans le cadre du projet ANR FAHMA (Filière de l’argent au haut Moyen Âge) conduit à essayer de mettre en évidence ses liens avec le monnayage émis au nom de cette cité et au-delà.

Ces éléments de réflexion supplémentaires nous invitent à réfléchir sur l’importance quantitative de la production minière de Melle et à sa contribution au stock métallique et monétaire disponible à l’époque. L’ambition de cette rencontre est de prolonger la réflexion sur cette approche de la quantification, mais aussi de la mettre en perspective avec les autres modes et modèles qui ont pu être proposés.

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Le cas de Melle nous place dans le monde Franc altomédiéval, mais des éclairages sont nécessaires sur les monnayages byzantins et arabes, orientaux et occidentaux, ou anglo-saxons pour lesquels ont été mises en œuvre diverses méthodes spécifiques. Des comparaisons avec d’autres sites miniers liés à des productions monétaires seront également proposées : il s’agira avant tout de mettre en valeur les procédures de raisonnement et les présupposés fondant les propositions de quantification de la production monétaire, de la masse monétaire en circulation ou de l’intensité de cette circulation.

Exhibitions Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Münzkabinett Götter, Menschen und das Geld der Griechen.

Glanzstücke der griechischen Münzprägung aus Wien und Winterthur (21. Juni bis 16. Oktober 2011)

Guillaume Sarah, UMR 5060 IRAMAT-Centre Ernest-Babelon, Orléans

Roma, Italia - I Workshop Internazionale di Numismatica (WIN) (28-30 settembre 2011) Il I Workshop Interna­ zionale di Numismatica (WIN), dal titolo “Numismatica e Archeologia. Monete, stratigrafie e contesti. Dati a confronto”, si terrà dal 28 al 30 settembre 2011 presso l’Odeion del Museo dell’Arte Classica di SapienzaUniversità di Roma.

Lo scopo del I WIN è quello di riunire studiosi di diversa nazionalità che nel corso delle loro ricerche si sono occupati di “numismatica contestuale”, ovvero di archeologia e moneta, di ritrovamenti monetali e contesti archeologici, di affrontare e discutere metodi innovativi per lo studio e l’interpretazione dei rinvenimenti monetali a partire dai loro contesti di provenienza, attraverso la presentazione di alcune tra le più significative ricerche in cui lo studio della moneta non sia avvenuto in maniera ‘indipendente’ da quello degli altri materiali, ma sia stato invece integrato nell’analisi del contesto nel suo complesso. h t t p : / /w3.uniroma1.it/winsapienza/ Giacomo Pardini, Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità Sapienza-Università di Roma

Nicosia, Cyprus - XVIII ICOMON Annual Meeting (10-13 October 2011) The XVIII ICOMON Annual Meeting will be held between 10 and 13 of October 2011 in Nicosia, Cyprus. It is hosted and organised by the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation.

This year’s theme is: Money Museums Communicating with the Public The registration is to be found on line: http://www.topkinisis.com/conference/ICOMON/index.html

Eleni Zapiti

Das Münzkabinett des Kunsthistorischen Museums zeigt in Kooperation mit dem Münzkabinett und der Antikensammlung der Stadt Winterthur eine Sonderausstellung zu den „Meisterwerken der griechischen Münzprägung“.

Die ersten Münzen entstanden Ende des 7. Jahrhunderts v.

Chr. im kleinasiatischen Raum und verbreiteten sich rasch in der gesamten griechischen Welt. Schnell erkannte man, dass Münzen nicht nur als Zahlungsmittel geeignet waren, sondern auch als Nachrichtenträger und Identitäts­ stifter eingesetzt werden konnten. Münzen wurden so zum ersten Massenkommunikationsmittel der Geschichte. Ziel der Ausstellung ist es einerseits, den wirtschaftlichen Aspekt des Münzgeldes in der griechischen Staatenwelt vom 7. Jahrhundert v. Chr. bis zum Beginn des Hellenismus zur Zeit Alexanders des Großen (336 - 323 v. Chr.) zu beleuchten, und andererseits den Besucherinnen und Besuchern die vielfältige Bildersprache der Münzen und ihre Rolle als Kommunikationsmedium im politischen, kulturellen und religiösen Alltagsleben der Griechen vor Augen zu führen.

Die Sammlungen des KHM-Münzkabinetts und des Münz­ kabinetts und der Antikensammlung der Stadt Winterthur ergänzen sich dabei in hervorragender Weise und werden darüber hinaus durch Objekte der Kleinkunst aus der Antikensammlung des KHM ergänzt.

Die Ausstellung wird anschließend ab Oktober 2011 zur 150-Jahrfeier des Münzkabinetts in Winterthur präsentiert.

Michael ALRAM, Klaus VONDROVEC, Ulrich WERZ, Benedikt ZÄCH, Götter, Menschen und das Geld der Griechen (Wien 2011) ISBN 978-3-907047-07-1 .

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Websites Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Münzkabinett, Residenzschloss The German Contemporary Art Medal (26 March- 31 October 2011)

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P ilgrim : T he L ion and the R at (L a F ontaine ), 2007, bronze , 108 mm (P hoto : J. K arpinski , D resden )

For the past 20 years, medallic art in Germany has undergone an interesting development. It is characterised by new forms of expression, artistic experimentation, diversity of materials and a broad spectrum of themes. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medaillenkunst (German Society for Medallic Art), of which the Dresden Münzkabinett has been a member since the Society’s foundation in 1991, is successfully fostering medallic art in Germany. In addition, Germany regularly submits a selection of the best works for display in the world exhibitions of the Fédération Internationale de la Médaille d’Art (FIDEM). As the exhibits of the past two decades show, Germany advanced to become one of the leading nations in medallic art in terms of the quality and quantity of the works selected. The exhibition “Die deutsche Kunstmedaille der Gegenwart” (The German Contemporary Art Medal) focuses particularly on the German contributions to the FIDEM expositions in Colorado Springs (USA) in 2007 and in Tampere (Finland) in 2010, these works being supplemented by other important art medals created in recent years. A total of around 150 medals by more than 50 artists from all over Germany are on display, with the regions of Halle, Berlin, Dresden, Cologne and Munich playing a prominent role as centres of contemporary medallic art. Attention is drawn in particular to the remarkable way in which artists working in this genre have taken up social and sociocritical themes.

Il Portale Numismatico dello Stato Italiano h t t p : / / w w w. n u m i s m a t i c a d e l l o s t a t o . i t

Nell’ambito di un più vasto progetto di valorizzazione dei beni culturali, il Portale Numismatico dello Stato – nato nel 2008 e oggetto di progressiva e costante implementazione -, rappresenta oggi un importante e potente strumento per la conoscenza e la divulgazione della Numismatica. Frutto della collaborazione fra il Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, il Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze e l’Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, il Portale si colloca nell’ambito del sistema B i b l i o t e c a V i r t u a l e d e l l o S t a t o con l’esigenza istituzionale di rendere fruibili le collezioni pubbliche da parte di tutti i cittadini. L’iniziativa, che ha avuto come sua principale e infaticabile animatrice la Direttrice del “Bollettino di Numismatica”, Silvana Balbi De Caro, mira alla conoscenza e alla valorizzazione dell’immenso patrimonio numismatico posseduto dall’Italia, per la maggior parte poco noto e spesso irraggiungibile dagli studiosi e dal grande pubblico. Il Portale si articola in tre grandi sezioni: Istituzioni e patrimonio, Bollettino di Numismatica, Banca Dati IVNO MONETA.

Istituzioni e Patrimonio Il ‘Notiziario’, situato nell’homepage, accoglie il visitatore con la comunicazione di eventi culturali o fatti scientifici interessanti l’ambito della numismatica. Le notizie riguardano Mostre, Seminari e Convegni; fra gli altri il Primo Workshop Internazionale di Numismatica (Roma, 28-30 settembre 2011), e il X V C o n g re s s o I n t e r n a z i o n a l e d i N u m i s m a t i c a (Messina/Taormina, 21-25 Settembre 2015).

Sotto il titolo ‘Patrimonio Numismatico’ la sezione raccoglie la Banca dati dei musei statali, di enti locali e privati, di cui fornisce informazioni generali e dati concernenti il materiale di interesse numismatico da essi posseduto. La ricerca è possibile tramite una mappa interattiva (Atlante). Nella medesima sezione il Portale offre sette diverse Rubriche: ‘Normativa’ approfondisce l’aspetto legislativo della Numismatica; ‘Tutela’ si propone come utile guida per la salvaguardia del bene culturale moneta; ‘Conservazione e restauro’ è affidata alla cura dell’Istituto Centrale per il Restauro; ‘Catalogazione’ è presentata dall’Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione; a ‘Numismatica e Archivi collabora’ l’Archivio di Stato di Roma, che raccoglie approfondimenti in tema di storia numismatica documentata da fonti archivistiche. ‘Vetrine e Itinerari’ propone, infine, viaggi virtuali all’interno dei Medaglieri italiani, mediante percorsi guidati dai curatori, come dimostra la presentazione del Medagliere del Museo Archeologico di Napoli.

A ndreas A. J ähnig : F acades , 2006, bronze , 89 mm (P hoto : M. S chöder , D resden )

Rainer Grund, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

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Bollettino di Numismatica on line Nato nel 1983, il “Bollettino di Numismatica” fu ideato quale collettore unico e ufficialmente riconosciuto in cui far confluire le informazioni sul patrimonio numismatico italiano, con la pubblicazione di tesoretti o complessi organici di monete provenienti da regolari scavi archeologici, o di monete confluite nelle Collezioni numismatiche di maggior rilievo.

All’edizione dei materiali si è affiancato il dibattito interdisciplinare, legato alle principali tematiche di ricerca. Nel tempo la sua sfera d’interesse si è estesa anche agli altri materiali, gemme (cfr.

Sylloge Gemmarum Gnosticarum del 2003), medaglie e sigilli, custoditi per tradizione nei Gabinetti numismatici. Particolare attenzione è stata riservata anche a gruppi di monete, omogenei per epoca ed area di provenienza, ma dispersi sul territorio in differenti raccolte, come nel caso delle monete di zecca hispanica o le monete puniche presenti nelle collezioni italiane. Il Bollettino ha dato spazio anche a scritti miscellanei quali gli Studi per Laura Breglia (voll. 3, 1987), o Monete e Medaglie, in cui sono stati raccolti gli scritti di F. Panvini Rosati (voll. 2, 2004), ma anche a cataloghi di Mostre di particolare interesse (Bonomia docet, 1988; Uomini, libri, meda­ glieri, 1995; Le monete dello Stato estense, 1999; Téchne, le forme dell’arte, 2004). Numerose rubriche del Bollettino sono state dedicate a settori di ricerca di particolare interesse per la numismatica, quali le ‘Fonti archivistiche’ e le ‘Applicazioni tecnologiche’.

Il Portale garantisce ora la consultazione via internet della Rivista e della relativa banca dati, insieme ad una serie di indici strutturati per autori, soggetti, zecche di emissione, elenchi topografici di tesoretti o di esemplari monetali rinvenuti nel corso di scavi archeologici. Sono consultabili in formato pdf i volumi editi a partire dall’anno 2000, fino al volume n. 50, pubblicato nel 2008.

Per celebrare la ricorrenza del centenario della pubblicazione del I volume del Corpus Nummorum Italicorum (1910), la Direzione Generale per le Antichità ha di recente organizzato due Giornate di studio sul tema “La Collezione di Vittorio Em­ anuele III di Savoia e gli studi di storia monetaria” (Roma, 2122 ottobre 2010). Le relazioni (dedicate alla formazione della Collezione reale, all’iconografia delle monete del sovrano, alla documentazione d’archivio e all’editoria numismatica), hanno inaugurato il primo fascicolo del “Bollettino di Numismatica on line”, Studi e Ricerche, pubblicato nell’ottobre 2010 in Edizione speciale.

Banca dati IVNO MONETA La creazione della banca dati digitale Iuno Moneta prevede la progressiva messa in rete della intera Collezione di monete donata al popolo italiano dal Re “Numismatico”, Vittorio Emanuele III di Savoia, nel 1946. Ciascuna moneta viene presentata mediante l’immagine fotografica del diritto e del rovescio, ed illustrata con la scheda tecnica e la corrispon-

dente pagina del Corpus Nummorum Italicorum (CNI), o di altra pubblicazione aggiornata.

Attualmente il Portale offre alla lettura sei volumi dei venti complessivi che costituiscono il CNI. In formato pdf essi sono relativi alle monete di Casa Savoia (vol. I), alle zecche dell’Emilia (voll. IX-X), alle monete emesse dalla zecca di Roma dalla caduta dell’Impero d’Occidente all’anno 1870 (voll. XV-XVI-XVII).

Come affermato dalla responsabile scientifica e coordinatrice del Portale, dott. ssa Serafina Pennestrì, « L’obiettivo comune è che esso [il Portale] possa rappresentare una guida per tutti coloro che sono interessati al patrimonio numismatico pubblico italiano, alla sua tutela e alla sua reale e consapevole fruizione ».

Maria Caccamo Caltabiano, Università degli Studi di Messina

MANTIS at the American Numismatic Society The American Numismatic Society, New-York, announced earlier this year the unveiling of MANTIS, a new, long awaited and desired online search engine for our collection. Users who now search the ANS collection via h t t p : / / n u m i s m a t i c s . o r g / s e a rc h / will notice immediate improvements in access and in the interface. Behind the scenes we are continually working to update and regularize the database to insure more accurate and complete searches as well.

Peter van Alfen, ANS

New Books General Marisa Katharina Hermans, Das Schatzregal. Eine Gegenüberstellung der Rechtsverhältnisse an einem Schatz im deutschen und niederländischen Recht unter Berücksichtigung öffentlich-rechtlicher Sonderbestimmungen. Wissenschaftliche Schriften der WWU Münster, Reihe III, Bd. 6) (Münster, 2011). ISBN 978-3-8405-0045-9 , 437 S. Robert D. Leonard, Curious currency: the story of money from the Stone Age to the Internet Age, Whitman publishing (Atlanta, 2010). 152 p., ill. ISBN 0784822894 Ferenc Soós, Magyar numizmatikusok panteonja (Pantheon of Hungarian Numismatists) (Budapest, Argumentum- Magyar Éremgyűjtők Egyesülete-Magyar Numizmatikai Társulat 2010). 270 p. ill. (English, French and German summaries) ISBN 978-963-446-579-9 The book gives short curriculum vitae, main works and pictures of the tombs of of numismatists in the wider sense.

They were collectors, amateur and professional archaeologists, historians, art writers, sculptors and medallists, professional numismatists and librarians who were entrusted to handle, systematize, study and look after coin collections. In the pantheon are: Andreas Alföldi, archaeologist and ancient historian, József Antall, vice-president of the Hungarian Numismatic Society and the prime minister of Hungary 1990-1993, Fülöp Beck Ö. sculptor and medallist, count Miklós Dessewffy who donated his Celtic coin collection to the Hungarian National Museum, count Miklós Zrínyi, poet and general in the 17 th century who had a large numismatic collection and many others.

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Lucia Travaini (Monica Baldassarri, Cinisello Balsamo coll.), Il patrimonio artistico di Banca Carige. Monete, pesi e bilance monetali (Milano, 2010), 432 p., ill. ISBN 978-8836618378 La collezione numismatica di Banca Carige può essere considerata a buon diritto una delle più importanti raccolte al mondo di monete genovesi e liguri, ampia per numero di esemplari posseduti e varia nella tipologia dei pezzi rappresentati, con molti pezzi unici o di straordinaria rarità.

Oltre alle 1371 monete di Genova e di altre zecche, di vari metalli e battute con conii più o meno elaborati, il catalogo comprende altri oggetti accomunati dal legame con l’affascinante storia delle monete, come le bilance per l’esercizio delle attività di cambiavalute e 185 pesi monetali genovesi, usati con le bilance.

Lucia Travaini ed., Le zecche italiane fino all’Unità, Libreria della Stato - Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca della Stato (Roma, 2011). 2 vol., 1664 p, ill. pl. ISBN 978-8824013338 Questo libro raccoglie la documentazione relativa a tutte le zecche italiane dal V secolo d.C. fino all’Unità: si tratta di una raccolta commentata di informazioni di provenienza assai diversa, e spesso dispersa in pubblicazioni e in lingue non facilmente accessibili (come il russo per le zecche sul Mar Nero), qui raccolta per la prima volta in un’unica opera.

Scopo del libro è quello di offrire una visione e comprensione più ampia e comparativa dell’attività delle zecche italiane, permettendo la revisione critica di saggi e repertori di numismatica italiana medievale e moderna; sarà uno strumento insostituibile per la catalogazione di monete italiane e per l’utilizzazione e revisione del Corpus Nummorum Italicorum. Non esistono lavori simili per altri Paesi d’Europa.

L’intero sommario dell’opera con i nomi degli autori si trova sulla homepage del sito www.luciatravaini.it .

Numismatic Collection of the Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Humanities Institute of Archaeological Sciences. Ed.: Márton Gyöngyössy – Orsolya Mészáros (Budapest, 2010).

96 p. ill. ISBN 978-963-284-179-3 The Eötvös Loránd University celebrates its 375th anniversary in 2010. This representative publication is intended to introduce one of the university’s oldest departments and its collection with a selection from the rich numismatic material. The coin collection was established in 1753 by Lipót Fischer, a Jesuit priest and this act, in a sense, can be regarded as the foundation of the department. The university’s coin cabinet, representing the oldest numismatic collection in Budapest, has been one of the pillars of Hungarian archaeological education.

The collection contains today about 20,000 coins. The composition of the collection clearly shows that it was not assembled systematically, it was principally enlarged through donations and by coin finds from the territory of Hungary during the 19th and the early 20th century. This is particularly evident from the ancient material, dominated by coins from 3nd and 4th centuries, but containing few Greek or Roman Republican coins. The same situation is reflected by the medieval material, which comprises only two hundred pieces representing the Árpádian Age, and several thousand from the reigns of Matthias I, Wladislas II and Louis II. Most of the post-medieval coins are 16th17th century German and Polish issues, these being the most frequent pieces in the coin hoards of this period. After World War 2 the enlargement of the collection practically ceased.

Celtic Numismatics Michel Feugere & Michel Py, Dictionnaire des monnaies découvertes en Gaule méditerranéenne (53027 av. n. è.), Éd. Monique Mergoil / BnF, Montagnac-Paris, 2011, 720 p.

ISBN 9782355180149

Bernward Ziegaus, Kelten-Geld : Münzen der Kelten-Sammlung Christian Flesche, München, 2011, 311 p.; col. ill. ISBN 9783922840251

Greek and Roman Numismatics Michel Amandry dir., Trésors Monétaires XXIV. Trésors d’or.

Les Sablons (Mayenne), Lava (Corse), Partinico, Martigné-sur-Mayenne, BnF (Paris, 2011) ISBN 978-2-7177-2492-9 , 200 p., 27 pl., 8 col. pl.

Ce qui lie les dépôts publiés dans le volume XXIV des Tr é s o r s m o n é t a i re s n’est ni leur lieu de découverte, ni l’époque à laquelle ils ont été enfouis, mais le métal. Ces quatre dépôts sont en effet uniquement constitués d’espèces en or (et d’argent dans le cas de Martigné).

Le dépôt monétaire des Sablons, commune du Mans, inventé en 1997 se compose de 152 statères en or allié appartenant à trois séries monétaires : une série à l’hippocampe en cimier dont l’attribution traditionnelle aux Vénètes est remise en cause et deux séries à la boucle sur la joue attribuées aux Aulerques cénomans.

Le dépôt de Lava, dont les premiers éléments ont été tirés de la mer en 1957, a fait l’objet d’un catalogue en 1958 et en 1980. L’inventaire actuel porte désormais sur 450 exemplaires. Cet ensemble regroupe aurei laurés, radiés, multiples d’or et objets d’orfèvrerie, immobilisé par un naufrage en 272-273 ap. J.-C. Vraisemblablement découvert au large des côtes de la Sicile à la fin des années 1950, le dépôt dit « de Partinico » constitue l’une des plus extraordinaires trouvailles de monnaies d’or du Bas-Empire. Cette nouvelle tentative de reconstitution rassemble 174 exemplaires, dont 35 multiples d’or et 139 aurei, s’échelonnant de 276-277 à 308 ap. J.-C. Enfin le trésor de Martigné-sur-Mayenne, inventé en 1967, se compose de deux lots distincts : 275 monnaies d’or et 86 monnaies d’argent du XVe siècle. À coté des florins d’Utrecht, émis pendant la seconde moitié du XVe siècle, les monnaies les plus récentes sont les trois écus de Charles VIII et l’écu de Louis XII.

Jean-Luc Dengis, Trouvailles et trésors monétaires en Belgique : VII. Province de Luxembourg. La période gallo-romaine, Moneta 116 (Wetteren, 2011), 198 p.

VIII. Province de Liège, Moneta 120 (Wetteren, 2011), 172 p.

IX. Province de Namur, Moneta 123 (Wetteren, 2011), 302 p.

X. Province du Hainaut, Moneta 126 (Wetteren, 2011), 400 p.

XI. Province de Brabant, Moneta 127 (Wetteren, 2011), 120 p.

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François De Callataÿ ed., Quantifying monetary supplies in Greco-Roman times, Edipuglia, (Bari, 2011) ISBN 9788872285992 , 332 p. ill.

The quantification of the monetary supply in Greco-Roman times is a desired goal set by historians of the ancient economy before the Second World War. In the 1970s and 1980s, many statistical methods were proposed in order to estimate the original number of dies used to produce a particular coinage. Despite initial strong skepticism, a consensus has now been achieved regarding the legitimacy of such methods. But the real goal of the historian is to estimate the approximate numbers of coins issued, and this requires the use of historical evidence. In the1990s, a fierce debate erupted regarding the key question of the average productivity per die between those who claim that the uncertainty is too large to draw any meaningful conclusions, and those who argue that such calculations are nonetheless helpful in many circumstances. This book offers an up-to-date view of where we are today, with eighteen papers reflecting different levels of support for such calculations. The first seven papers deal with historiography and methodology, while the following ones are devoted to case-studies: nine Greek, covering Athens, Ionia, South Italy and Sicily, the Seleucids, Palestine, and Thasos, and two dealing with Roman coinage.

CONTENTS - François de Callataÿ. Quantifying monetary production in Greco-Roman times: a general frame - Elio Lo Cascio. La quantificazione dell’offerta di moneta a Roma: il ruolo del credito - Warren W. Esty. The geometric model for estimating the number of dies - Clive Stannard. Evaluating the monetary supply: were dies reproduced mechanically in Antiquity?

- Benedetto Carroccio. Parallel striking reconstruction and chronological numismatic interpretation - Theodore V. Buttrey. Quantification of ancient coin production: the third element - Thomas Faucher. Productivité des coins et taux de survie du monnayage grec - Peter G. van Alfen. Hatching owls: Athenian public finance and the regulation of coin production - Koray Konuk. War tokens for silver? Quantifying the early bronze issues of Ionia - Louis Brousseau. Les productions monétaires des ateliers grecs de Grande Grèce du VIe au IVe siècle av. J.-C. Essai de quantification comparée - Mariangela Puglisi. Coin circulation data as a source for quantifying monetary supplies - Maria Caccamo Caltabiano. The importance of an iconic program in ancient coin production - Panagiotis P. Iossif. Seleucid religion through coins: is it possible to quantify “iconography” and “religion”?

- Oliver D. Hoover. Time is money? A second look at production quantification and chronology in the late Seleucid period - Haim Gitler. Different aspects of the quantification of Persian period coinages of Palestine - Olivier Picard. Types monétaires et trésors : le cas de Thasos - Michel Amandry. La production monétaire des cités pontiques à l’époque impériale : synchronismes et quantification - Johan van Heesch. Quantifying Roman imperial coinage

Christophe Flament, Contribution à l’étude des ateliers monétaires grecs. Étude comparée des conditions de fabrication de la monnaie à Athènes, dans le Péloponnèse et dans le royaume de Macédoine à l’époque classique, Études numismatiques, 3 (Louvain-la-Neuve, 2010) ISBN 978-2930449142 , 154 p., ill.

Martin Huth and Peter Van Alfen ed., Coinage of the Caravan Kingdoms. Studies in the Monetization of Ancient Arabia, ed. by. Numismatic Studies, 25 (New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2011). 602 p., 42 pl.

ISBN 978-0-89722-312-6.

This volume represents the first comprehensive look at ancient Arabian coinage in toto since George Hill’s 1922 British Museum catalogue. In addition to a catalogue and updated typologies of Philistian, Nabataean, Minaen, Qatabanian, Sabaean, Himyarite, and Gerrhean coinages, among others, and die studies of the owl and Alexander imitations, this volume features essays written by numismatists, archaeologists, and epigraphists that situate the coins within their political, social, and economic contexts. As these studies demonstrate, the beginnings of coinage in Arabia followed two very distinct traditions, the first along a line running roughly from Gaza on the Mediterranean coast to the Hadhramawt on the Arabian Sea, the other in eastern Arabia, running along the Persian Gulf coast from the mouth of the Euphrates to the Oman peninsula.

Ursula Kampmann, Die Münzen der römischen Kaiserzeit, Battenberg, 2. erweit. Auflage (Regenstauf, 2011), 544 p.

ISBN 978-3866460713

Ursula Kampmann, Im Schatten der Adler Roms : Münzen der Republik aus der Sammlung Kurt Wyprächtiger, Sunflower - Money Museum (Zürich, 2011), 240 p., ill.

ISBN 978-3035090079

Constantina Katsari, The Roman Monetary System: The Eastern Provinces from the First to the Third Century AD Cambridge Univ. Press (Cambridge, 2011), 314 p.

ISBN 9780521769464

Peter Franz Mittag, Römische Medaillons. Caesar bis Hadrian, Franz Steiner Verlag (Stuttgart, 2010), 237 p., 69 pl.

ISBN 978-3-515-09699-7

Emanuel Petac, Aspecte ale circulaţiei monetare în Dacia Romană (106-275 p. Chr.) / Aspects de la circulation monétaire en Dacie romaine (105-275 apr. J.-C.), Moneta 115, Wetteren, 2011, 392 p. ISBN 978-90-77297-83-4 Adriano Savio, Veri o falsi ? I medaglioni di Aboukir, CUEM (Milano, 2011), 174 p., ill. ISBN 9788860012883 Luc Severs, Les monnaies de Liberchies-Bons Villers (Hainaut, Belgique). Quartier artisanal et sanctuaire tardif (1er siècle avant J.-C. - 4e siècle après J.-C.), Moneta 122 (Wetteren, 2011), 312 p., ill.

Sitta Von Reden, Money in classical antiquity, Cambridge Univ. Press (Cambridge, 2010), 260 p., 5 maps, 8 pl.

ISBN 9780521459525

Bernhard Woytek, Die Reichsprägung des Kaisers Traianus (98-117), MIR 14 ( Wien, 2010), 2 vol., 682 p., 156 pl.

ISBN 978-3700165651

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Byzantine and Medieval Numismatics Tony Abramson ed., Studies in Early Medieval Coinage 2 : New Perspectives, Boydell Press ([s.l.], 2011), 264 p., ill.

ISBN 978-1843834663 The imagery and development of early Anglo-Saxon coinage have recently been the subject of renewed interest amongst scholars and collectors; the growth of material available for study, combined with new analytical approaches to research in this area, has enabled scholars to shed new light upon what has been, for many decades, overlooked.

Studies in Early Medieval Coinage 2, using but not limited to the proceedings of the second biennial Sceattas Symposium (Leeds, 2008), builds upon the recent advances to establish a new benchmark for the study of coin typologies.

Contributors: Michael Metcalf, Tony Abramson, Catherine Karkov, Rory Naismith, Anna Gannon, Wybrand Op den Velde, Megan Gooch, Barry Ager, Gareth Williams, Mike Bonser, Stewart Lyon, Arent Pol, James Booth

Kenneth Jonsson, Frédéric Elfver (eds.), Corpus Nummorum saeculorum IX–XI qui in Suecia reperti sunt. Catalogue of Coins from the Viking Age found in Sweden. 4. Blekinge: 1. Bräkne-Hoby – Sölvesborg (Stockholm 2010), XXVI, 311 p., ill.

ISBN 978-91-7402-393-0.

Hendrik Mäkeler, Reichsmünzwesen im späten Mittelalter 1 : Das 14. Jahrhundert, Franz Steiner Verlag (Wiesbaden, 2010), 328 p., 6 pl. ISBN 978-3515096584 Manuel M. Monroy et al., La Moneda de Oro en los Reinos de Castilla y León siglos XII-XV (Madrid, 2010), 159 p., ill.

ISBN 978-8493322748

Andreas Urs Sommer, Die Münzen des byzantinischen Reiches 491-1453 (Battenberg, 2010), ca. 600 p., ill.

ISBN 978-3866460614

Islamic, Oriental and African Numismatics Michael Alram, Deborah Klimburg-Salter, Minoru Inaba, Matthias Pfisterer ed., Coins, Art and Chronology II. The First Millenium in the Indo-Iranian Borderlands, Verlag der ÖAW (Wien, 2010), 470 p., ill.

ISBN 978-3700168850 The pre-Islamic history of southern Central Asia - modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India and the surrounding areas - continues to pose challenging problems that can be solved only through interdisciplinary efforts. In the tradition of «Coins, Art and Chronology» (1999), this volume comprises 24 articles by leading experts in the fields of history, art history, numismatics, archaeology and linguistics in order to document the current state of research and presents the results of two international conferences at Kyoto and Vienna in autumn 2008.

While the first “Coins, Art and Chronology” concentrated on the period of the Kushanas and the Sasanians, this volume explores the post-Kushana period and questions concerning the Hunnic and Turkic phases in the history of the region, the main focus of most of the contributions.

Giulio Bernardi, Arabic Gold Coins 1. The First Essay of a Corpus from the first issue 65h (Hegira Era) = 684 C (Common Era) to the beginning of the Buwayhid domination 334H = 946C, Polymnia. Numismatica antica e medieval 1 (Trieste, 2010) ISBN 978-88-8303-284-4 Atom Damali, Osmanlı Sikkeleri Tarihi 3 / History of Ottoman Coins 3, Nilufer Damali Egitim (Istanbul, 2011), 380 p., ill., English-Turkish. ISBN 978-9759327958 Amelia Dowler, Elizabeth R. GALVIN, Money, trade and route in pre-Islamic North Africa, British Museum Press (London, 2011), 120 p., ill. ISBN 978-0861591763 Judith A. Lerner, Nicholas Sims-Williams, Seals, Sealings, and Tokens from Bactria to Gandhara (4th to 8th century CE), Verlag der ÖAW (Wien, 2011), 222 p., ill.

ISBN 978-3700168973

William A. Oddy, Coinage and history in the seventh century Near East 2. Proc. of the 12th Seventh Century Syrian Numismatic Round Table, Archetype (London, 2011), 122 p.

ISBN 978-1904982623

Rahmi Hüseyin Ünal, Friedrich Krinzinger, Michael Alram, Sule Pfeiffer-Tas ed., Der Münzschatz von Beçin, Verlag der ÖAW (Wien, 2010), 2 vol., 680+592 p.

ISBN 978-3700167259 The cache found in 2000 in Beçin (today’s Milas in southwestern Turkey), which contained nearly 50,000 Islamic coins and more than 800 European coins, is not only the largest hoard that has ever been found in Turkey in regular archaeological excavation work, it is also the largest cache of Ottoman coins that has been found anywhere.

The present volume presents the results of archaeological, historical, economic and numismatic analyses, which were undertaken by a collaborative Turkish-Austrian team.

Modern numismatics Documents and studies on 19th c. monetary history. Republications : - International Monetary Conferences, Moneta 117-118 (Wetteren, 2011) - England, Moneta 119 (Wetteren, 2011) - Japan, Moneta 121 (Wetteren, 2011) - India, Moneta 124 (Wetteren, 2011) - France, Moneta 128-130 (Wetteren, 2011) This series of volumes Documents and Studies on 19 th c. Monetary History aims to republish the main documents related to the question of bimetallism at the end of the 19 th century.

The series will include several sub-series devoted to the International Monetary Conferences held in various capitals during the second half of the century and to the specific situation of different countries (i.e. India, Japan, United States of America, China, etc.), since the question of monetary systems was a global question. It will also include specific studies on monetary questions and on monetary history. h t t p : / / w w w. m o n e t a . b e / c o n t e n t . h t m

Tuukka Talvio, Cecilia Von Heijne ed., Monetary boundaries in transition : a North European economic history and the Finnish War 1808-1809, Statens Historiska Museum (Stockholm, 2010) ISBN 978-9189176416 , 202 p., ill.

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Medals and tokens

Personalia

David T. Alexander, American Art Medals, 1909-1995, ANS Publ. (New York, 2011) ISBN 978-0897223171

Kolbjørn Skaare, 80 years on April 6th 2011

First comprehensive study of the two most important series of art medals produced in the United States: the medals of the Circle of Friends of the Medallion (1909-1915) and those of the Society of Medalists (1930-1995). Together, these two series offer an unmatched panorama of American medallic sculpture in the twentieth century.

William Eisler, Images chatoyantes du siècle des lumières : les médailles des Dassier de Genève, Skira - Musée d’Art et d’Histoire Genève (Milano, 2010), 222 p.

ISBN 978-8857205076

Nicolas Maier, Französische Medaillenkunst 1870-1940 [French medallic art - L’art de la médaille en France] (München, 2010), 416 p., ill. English-German-French.

ISBN 978-3000313844 Medallists such as Chaplain, Roty and Charpentier renewed medallic art in France during the nineteenth century, leading to a revival that attracted worldwide interest. The volume «French medallic art 1870-1940» examines the background to this revival and investigates its development down to the 1930s. The wide range of subjects addressed by the artists is evident from the numerous illustrations. In addition, the book provides substantial insights into the medal society founded by Roger Marx, the Société des Amis de la Mé­ daille française (1899–1920). Short biographies are given for a total of 73 artists who decisively influenced French medallic art during the periods of Art Nouveau, Symbolism, Naturalism and Art Deco.

Thierry Sarmant & Francois Ploton-Nicollet, Jetons des institutions centrales de l’Ancien Régime. Assemblée du clergé de France, ordres du roi, maisons du roi, de la reine, du dauphin et de la dauphine. Catalogue, t. 1 (n° 1 à 285), Bibl. nationale de France (Paris, 2010), 192 p., 700 ill.

ISBN 978-2-7177-2460-8

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Pál Török, Magyarországi érem- és plakettművészet 18501945 (Medaillen- und Plakettenkunst in Ungarn 1850-1945) Magyar Éremgyűjtők Egyesülete (Budapest, 2011). 271 p. and 47 pl. English and German introduction.

ISBN 978-963-7122-19-4 Prof. Lajos Huszár’s and Béla Procopius’s excellent work was published in 1932 under the title Medaillen- und Pla­ kettenkunst in Ungarn. It was the most complete catalogue of Hungarian medal artists till today. The goal of the present work is to continue and supplement this catalogue.

Obviously, the works prepared between 1932 and 1945 are treated, but also those artists and items that for some reason escaped the attention of the two authors. 484 medallists appear in this volume with 3096 pieces.

Paul Withers, Bente R. Withers, The Token book: British Tokens of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and their values, Galata Print (2010), 512 p., ill. ISBN 978-0954316280

Former INC President Professor em. Kolbjørn Skaare turned 80 on April 6th. Skaare is known to IN members as Secretary from 1979 to 1986 and President 1986 to 1991.

Kolbjørn Skaare was appointed Assistant keeper at the Coin Cabinet, University of Oslo in 1958, and Professor in 1982.

He acted as head of the Coin Cabinet for most of his professional career until his retirement in 2002. Kolbjørn Skaare’s more than 500 publications still inspires colleagues on topics as diverse as Viking Age coinage, medals, Greek and Roman coinage, modern coin design, banknotes and Norwegian monetary history in general. His books Coins and Coinage in Viking-Age Norway (1976), Mynt i Norge (1978), Norsk mynt i 1000 år (2 vols. 1995) and Mynten, myntene og medaljene (The History of the Royal Mint 1806-2004, published 2008) are seminal contributions to the nations knowledge on monetary history.

Kolbjørn Skaare is a former President of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, member of several National and Nordic boards and has earned a number of Norwegian as well as international awards. His status as the Grand Old Man of Numismatics will hold beyond his 80th birthday.

Colleagues and friends congratulate heartily.

Håkon Ingvaldsen

Paris, France – Cérémonie de remise des Mélanges Cécile Morrisson (24 mai 2011) Le 24 mai 2011, en l’appartement décanal de l’Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, Cécile Morrisson a reçu le volume 16 des Travaux et Mémoires (C e n t re d ’ H i s t o i re e t Ci v i l i s a t i o n d e B y z a n c e ) qui lui a été dédié. Édité par Emmanuelle Capet, Vincent Déroche, Denis Feissel et Constantin Zuckerman, cet ouvrage 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. Numismatique et histoire monétaire ou économique y occupent naturellement une place de choix en compagnie d’articles sigillographiques et d’une étude sur la métallurgie antique et médiévale du zinc et du laiton.

La documentation monétaire est également mise à profit ou au contraire éclairée par des contributions qui recourent à l’épigraphie, à la papyrologie à l’iconographie d’autres supports tandis que plusieurs autres sur les milieux marchands, la C onstantin Z uckerman offre le volume à C écile M orrisson pauvreté ou les biens

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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.

Gilbert Dagron, professeur honoraire au Collège de France, Jean-Pierre Sodini, professeur émérite à l’Université de Paris-I et Pagona Papadopoulou (Université de Chypre) ont pris la parole pour rappeler les travaux et la carrière de Cécile Morrisson, son association avec le Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, où elle C écile M orrisson et entra en 1962 et qu’elle diG ilbert D agron rigea de 1997 à 2000, son rôle dans de nombreux travaux collectifs, notamment avec Jean-Noël Barrandon et le Centre Ernest-Babelon d’Orléans, et plus tard avec Angeliki Laiou pour l’Economic History of Byzantium, ou pour l’édition de deux des trois volumes de la Nouvelle Clio consacrés au Monde byzantin, sa disponibilité pour ses collègues ou pour les jeunes chercheurs.

Pagona Papadopoulou, Université de Chypre

New Curator in Szeged (Hungary) A new curator, Dr. Róbert Ujszászi, was appointed at the Coin Collection of Móra Ferenc Museum in Szeged which is the third large numismatic collection in Hungary. Dr. Ujszászi has recently defended his dissertation on the copper coinage of Béla III, king of Hungary 1172-1196. Dr. Ádám Nagy, the former curator retired in 2010.

Obituaries Lore Börner (1928-2011) Am 6. Mai 2011 ist Lore Börner, langjährige stellvertretende Direktorin des Münzkabinetts der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, in Berlin gestorben. Sie gehörte zu den Frauen der ersten Stunde in der deutschen Numismatik nach 1945, war die erste weibliche Wissenschaftlerin im Berliner Münzkabinett und eine prägende Gestalt in der Museumsnumismatik Deutschlands.

Geboren am 3. November 1928 in Potsdam-Babelsberg, studierte sie 1947-1952 in Greifswald und Berlin Kunstgeschichte, Germanistik und Geschichte. 1956 wurde sie von Arthur Suhle in das Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen geholt. Er überzeugte die anfangs durchaus zögerliche Kunsthistorikerin von der Numismatik als beruflicher Perspektive.

Waren zunächst nur die Medaillen und Siegel als Arbeitsgebiet vorgesehen, weiteten sich die Aufgaben bald auch auf die Betreuung der mittelalterlich/neuzeitlichen Münzen aus.

Von 1971 bis zum Eintritt in den Ruhestand 1990 war sie stellvertretende Direktorin des Münzkabinetts. Ihr ist es maßgeblich zu verdanken, dass das Berliner Münzkabinett bis zum Ende der DDR ein weltoffener Hort der Wissenschaft und Künste blieb. Ihre menschliche Art wusste jeder Besucher zu schätzen, gleich ob er aus dem östlichen oder dem westlichen Teil Deutschlands oder dem Ausland kam.

Die erfolgreiche Gestaltung des DDR-Museumsalltags, von dessen oft banalen Schwierigkeiten man sich heute kaum noch ein Bild machen kann, hat ihr viel abverlangt.

1958 war die 1945 in die Sowjetunion verbrachte Sammlung des Münzkabinetts zwar ohne größere Verluste, aber in erheblicher Unordnung nach Berlin zurückgekehrt. Die entsagungsvolle und schwierige, fast 30 Jahre, von 1958 bis 1986, dauernde Generalrevision der Sammlungsbestände hat sie von Anfang bis Ende mitgemacht.

Ihre publizistische Tätigkeit galt vor allem der historischen Medaille, vornehmlich der Renaissance und des Barock.

Lieber aber war ihr das stille Wirken im Hintergrund - es war nicht ihre Art, sich und ihre Ansichten in den Vordergrund zu stellen.

(Für das Schriftenverzeichnis und eine ausführlichere Würdigung Lore Börners vgl. Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt 7/2011, S. 265-266).

Bernd Kluge, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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International Numismatic e-Newsletter (INeN) No 11, October 2011 Electronic Newsletter of the INC / CIN ISSN 1662-1220

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

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