ORIENTAL NUMISMATIC SOCIETY AUTUMN 2022

CONTENTS

A Letter from Your Secretary General
Pankaj Tandon

A Brief Note on Two Newly Discovered Denominations of Eucratides I Megas: Tridrachms and Pentadrachms
Chenyu (David) Zeng

A Not So ‘Unfortunate' Kushano-Sasanian Coin
by Joe Cribb, Hans Loeschner, René Traum and Klaus Vondrovec

Re-reading a Silver Coin of Ancient Arakan and the Chronology of the Chandra Kings
Md Shariful Islam and Joe Cribb

An Analytical Examination of Georgian–Sasanian Coins and Their Meaning in Numismatics
Jonathan Ouellet

King Mindon's Early Coinages
Jun Li

ONS News
Pakistan Region Meeting 7 August 2022

Book notice

Copper Coins of Muscat and Oman dated AH 1311–1316 (1893–1899 CE)
by Scott E. Cordry

Book reviews

Chinese Numismatics: The world of Chinese money
by Helen Wang, François Thierry and Lyce Jankowski with an introduction by Joe Cribb

Maldives Local Coins 1070-1331 AH – AD 1660-1913
by Peter Budgen

A Letter from Your Secretary General

Dear ONS members,

I write these words to you from Warsaw, Poland, as the International Numismatic Congress winds down on its last day. It is a rare time to meet colleagues and friends from all over the world and to forge new ties with scholars working on similar topics or sharing some common interests. Also, of course, it is a time to hear about new research in many different fields of numismatics. I personally feel very inspired to move forward on our Society's project to construct an oriental coins database, having heard what strides are being made in the building of online databases for many other types of coinage.

Traditionally, the congress is also marked by the release of a publication, the Survey of Numismatic Research, which offers overviews of the numismatic research findings for the last six (this time, seven) years. In the past this has been a printed publication. This year, however, while a paper version is still available, the Survey is being offered as a free downloadable PDF at https://www.inc-cin.org/survey.html. I count at least 14 chapters of relevance to our members; be sure to check it out.

The sessions on oriental coins were of course of prime interest at the congress. Below is a complete list of the papers relevant to our members. They are listed in the order in which they appeared on the congress schedule so that presentations on similar topics are listed together. As you can see, it was a rich and varied selection of present-ations, making for a very interesting five days. A highlight of the congress was the informal ONS reception held at the National Museum and organized by the head of the coin department there, Andrzej Romanowski, with the assistance of member Emilia Smagur. About 30 people (including a few prospective new members!) gathered to chat and socialize over snacks and drinks. Our thanks to Andrzej and Emilia for their hospitality. Finally, mark your calendars! The next congress will be held in Frankfurt, Germany, in September 2027.

With warm regards, Pankaj Tandon

For more information, see:
https://www.orientalnumismaticsociety.org/

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