Welcome to Iran! Part 6: Of clay fortresses, mausoleum towers and Khosrow II
This episode is like a road movie. We are driving, and driving, and driving. And when we’re not driving we are visiting a clay fortress, way too many mausoleum towers, and the reliefs of Khosrow II in Bisotun.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, in Pompeii ...
Zurich opens spectacular new wing of National Museum
With the New Wing of the National Museum Zurich, after 15 years to plan and build a once-in-a-lifetime project has been realised. The impressive modern wing is an extension of the old building, creating an ensemble of old and new.
Every Coin, Every Country: One Indispensable Guide
Currency News has published the 2nd updated edition of the ‘Directory of Circulating Coins’. The book provides over 200 pages of detailed information on circulating coins from around the world.
Digital mediation on Gallica.fr
Digital mediation on Gallica.fr is making the Bibliothèque nationale de France’s Coin department’s collections more accessible. Julien Olivier presents the development of thematic itineraries through the Greek and Roman coins collections.
XXXIV Art Medal Congress in Ghent (Belgium)
The XXXIV FIDEM congress will be held in Belgium from 5-11 September 2016 in the city of Ghent. The organizers have published the programme.
Tiffany Art 2016 – Amar Sagar and Jain Art
The twelfth issue of the Tiffany Art series of Coin Invest Trust for Palau shows Indian Jain architecture. Thanks to smartminting© technology, the coin shows an astounding wealth of detail and an impressively high relief.
Heritage, USA-Anaheim, CA
Heritage Auctions will be presenting selections from three important collections as featured collections in the 914-lot catalog for its 2016 ANA World & Ancient Coins Signature Auction in Anaheim, California, August 11.
Classical Numismatic Group
CNG Electronic Auction 380 is closing on 10 August. Prominently featured are Greek, Roman Provincial and Imperial coins, as well as World coins and medals, but also Celtic, Central Asian, Byzantine, Early Medieval, and Islamic coins.
Heritage Auctions, USA-Anaheim, CA
Two early American pennies among the first struck by the U.S. Mint in 1792 sold for a combined $869,500 – more than 43 million times their face value – on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, at a public auction of American coinage in Anaheim, California.