Facts About the Art Trade, Terrorism and the Size of the Illicit Market
The Dutch National Police has commissioned a study on terrorism and the size of the illicit market. It confirms what associations of art and coin dealers have been telling for decades: The allegations are nothing else than media hoaxes. Kate Fitzgibbon gives an overview.
British Museum exhibition explores Scythians
Organised with the St. Petersburg State Hermitage Museum, the London British Museum presents “Scythians: warriors of ancient Siberia”. Running to January 14, 2018, this is the first major exhibition in the UK in 40 years that reveals all aspects of Scythian life.
The monetary history of China
Are you interested in the monetary history of China? It encompasses everything you can imagine: from pre-monetary currency to the first bills. François Thierry has compiled all this in a handbook spanning 700 pages. Ursula Kampmann has taken a look.
Heritage Auctions Opens London Office and Gallery
Auction company Heritage Auctions has now opened an office in London. The London office joins Paris, Geneva, Amsterdam and Hong Kong in the international footprint for Heritage Auctions and will be staffed by Max Tursi and Nicholas Mathioudakis.
Jewish coin as political argument?
A week ago the Israeli press announced a nine-year-old girl had found a Jewish coin from the time of the First Jewish-Roman War in the hotly disputed West Bank territory. Haim Gitler has now identified the coin as a replica from a museum.
Minnesota man charged with felony for selling counterfeit coins
Caught with the help of the Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force of the Industry Council for Tangible Assets, a man from Minnesota is expected to respond to a felony charge for theft-by-swindle. After purchasing the coins on a Chinese web site, he tried to sell them at a profit to pawn shops.
Ed Reiter dies at 79
Ed Reiter, former ‘New York Times’ numismatics columnist died at the age of 79 in Pennsylvania on August 24, 2017. A multiply-awarded author, Reiter opined on all numismatic matters over the course of over 50 years.
Cassander copper coins from 1914 Pella Excavations re-published
The 1914 excavations in the region of Pella unearthed copper coins minted in the name of Cassander enriching our poor knowledge of his coinage. Demetrius Siatras makes this edition from 1918/1921 available again. The advantage: The Greek text was translated into English.
Cambridge Conference on 20 Years of EMC
“Finding the Past: Twenty Years of EMC” is the title of a conference on the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds. Taking place at the Fitzwilliam Museum on October 7, 2017, it will explore past discoveries and future prospects of this essential online source of information.
Two metropolises committed to numismatics: 19th NUMISMATA Berlin and 13th NUMISMATA Frankfurt 2017
The time has come again for a numismatic fair in a class of its own. Coin and stamp enthusiasts get their money’s worth at the 19th NUMISMATA Berlin in October and the 13th NUMISMATA in Frankfurt in November 2017.