Central Asian and Middle Eastern Numismatics Seminar

Archaeology and Antiquities, Central Asia, Conferences and Talks, Iran, Islamic Economics, Islamic History, Languages


‘Great Ruler of Sogdiana, of the Tchao-ou Race’/Alram’s ‘Imitationsgruppe V’
Yueh Chih Principality of Sogdiana AR Tetradrachm, 130 BCE – 80 CE

The Fifth Seminar in Central Asian and Middle Eastern Numismatics in Memoriam Boris Kochnev will be held at Hofstra University on Saturday, March 16, 2013.

This seminar is free and open to the public. Hofstra is located in Hempstead, NY, easily accessible from NYC by the Long Island Railroad. For directions click here or here. The seminar will be held in Breslin Hall, room 112. For more information, contact Aleksandr Naymark or Daniel Martin Varisco.

Seminar Program:

10:00 am
Daniel Varisco (Hofstra University)
Opening Remarks

10:15
Vadimir Belyaev (Zeno.ru, Moscow) and Aleksandr Naymark (Hofstra University)
Archer Coins from South Sogdiana (1st – 3rd centuries C.E.)

10:45 pm
Pankaj Tandon (Boston University)
Notes on Alchon Coins

11:15 pm
Waleed Ziad (Yale University)
The Nezak – Turk Shahi Transition:
Evidence from the Kashmir Smast (mid 7th c. C.E.)

11:45 pm Coffee Break

12:00 am
Aleksandr Naymark (Hofstra University)
Byzantine Influence on Sogdian Monetary Type

12:30 am
Stefan Heidemann (Hamburg University)
Working with an Unprovenanced Parcel from the Late Sasanian Period:
Ardashir III to Yazdgard – a Hoard with Dipinti

1:00 pm Lunch Break

1:30 pm
Michael Bates (American Numismatic Society, New York )
The First Appearance of “Muhammad is the messenger of God” on Coins

2:00 pm
Stuart D. Sears (Arabic Language Associates, LLC)
The Attribution of the Mint of al-Mubaraka to Balkh

2:30 pm Coffee Break

2:45 pm
Abdullah Ghouchani (Iran Bastan Museum, Tehran)
Samanids against Buyids in the Question of Abbasid Succession

3:15 pm
Konstantin Kravtsov (State Hermitage Museum, Sankt-Peterburg)
New Qarakhanid Coins in the Collection of the State Hermitage Museum

3:45 pm Coffee Break

4:00 am
Stefan Heidemann (Hamburg University)
A Medallion of the Khwarizm Shah Ala’ al-Din Tekish

4:30 pm
Abigail Balbale (Bard Graduate Center, New York)
Ibn MardanÄ«sh’s coinage and the Dinar of Alfonso VIII: A comparative study.

5:00 pm General Discussion

6:15 pm Central Asian Dinner in Chorsu Samarkanda Restaurant
461 Kings Highway 
(between McDonald Avenue and Dahill Road) 
Brooklyn, NY 11223, Tel: 718-339-4397 300 feet to Kings Highway Station on F line