15 March 2025

Photo: © Stefan Heidemann

Program of the 15th Kochnev Memorial seminar

Hofstra University, Breslin Hall Room 109,
March 15, 2025, Saturday, from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm.
The conference is free of charge and open to the public, online participation is also possible.

On Saturday, March 15, 2025, the 15th Seminar in Middle Eastern and Central Asian Numismatics in Memoriam Boris Kochnev (1940-2002) will take place at the Hofstra University in New York, USA. The geography of presentations will range from the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea to the deserts of Xinjiang, while the time frame is limited to pre-modern times.

Participation:
The conference is free of charge and open to the public, but please RSVP to aleksandr.naymark"AT"hofstra.edu just to make us aware of you.
On the day of the conference Prof. Naymark will answer the telephone: (347) 400 7746.
In order to participate online please use the following ZOOM link or credentials:
https://hofstra.zoom.us/j/91597260043?pwd=Ql1jpasWhpaxPMiAXFawwlbXOWqoAD.1
Meeting ID: 915 9726 0043
Passcode: 714568

Program [pdf]

Session 1 (10:00 am – 11:40 pm)

Viacheslav S. Kuleshov
(Stockholm University, Numismatiska forskingsgruppen, Sweden)
The Skarpa Alby hoard of Islamic dirhams (Öland, Sweden):
a new listing and comments on composition

Alexander V. Akopyan
(Oriental Studies Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow)
On the issue of copper coins by the Safavid Shahs (did Ra‛nāš mint exist?)

Anvar Kh. Atakhodzhaev
(Institute of Archaeology, Samarqand, Uzbekistan),
Aleksandr Naymark (Hofstra University)
New hoards of Samarqand archer coins:
what happened in Soghd in the early 6th century?

Coffee break (11:40 – 12:00)

Session 2 (12:00 am – 1:00 pm)

Pankaj Tandon
(Boston University).
XRF and other evidence on the dating of the Boar/Lion coins of Bactria

Aleksandr Naymark
(Hofstra University)
Antiochus imitations in Sogdiana

Lunch break (1:00 – 1:30)

Session 3 (1:30 am – 3:15 pm)

Pankaj Tandon
(Boston University).
Examining the names of the "Yueh-Chi" princes
Sapalbizes/Sapadbizes and Arseiges/Arseiles

Lauren Morris
(Charles University, Prague)
From scattered finds to a bigger picture:
First insights from the numismatic record of Kulal Tepa and its territory (southern Uzbekistan)

Emily Everest-Phillips
(Institute for the Study of Ancient World, NYU)
Camels, fires, and coins. Images of sovereignty in 7-8th century Sogdiana

Coffee break (3:15 – 3:30)

Session 4 (3:30 am – 5:15 pm)

Stuart Sears
(Arabic Language Associates, Sharon, Mass.)
Identification and Symbolism: the Fox on Umayyad coppers

Stuart Sears
(Arabic Language Associates, Sharon, Mass.)
Omnipotence and omniscience: the Sun on early Muslim coinage

Stefan Heidemann
(Hamburg University, Germany)
A Mongol Inscription on a Mamluk coin in the 15th Century:
Cultural ambiguity of the Mamluk Elite