Sogdian coin, 6th century AD, British Museum

The Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies Program at Hofstra University will be hosting a day-long workshop on “Early Iranian and Central Asia Numismatics: In Memoriam Boris Kochnev (1940-2002).” The program will be held in CV Starr Hall, room 109 on Sunday, April 18 from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm. Details of the program are provided below. For more information, please contact Prof. Aleksandr Naymark .

Preliminary program

Session I
11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Michael Bates
(American Numismatic Society, New York, USA)
Surprises from Arab/Sasanian Fars, 640-710

Stefan Heidemann
(Jena University, Germany – Bard College Graduate Center, New York, USA)
A New Iranian Mint for Drahm in Sasanian Style: Isbahan

Konstantin Kravtsov
(Hermitage Museum, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia)
Semidrachms of Farrukhan the Great in the Collection of the State Hermitage Museum

Lunch – 12:30 – 13:30

Session II
13:30 am – 15:00 pm

Aleksandr Naymark
(Hofstra University, New York, USA)
Copper and Silver Coinage of Samarqand during the Arab Conquest

Roman Kovalev
(The College of New Jersey, Trenton, USA)
History and the Present State of the Complete Dirham Hoard Catalogue by
Th.S. Noonan, R.K. Kovalev, Dirham Hoards from Medieval Western Eurasia, c. 700-c. 1100

Judith Kolbas
(Miami University, Ohio, USA)
Ogedai Khan’s Census at Qaraqorum in 635/1237

General Discussion – 15:00-

Dinner in Brooklyn – 17:00