Tenth Seminar on Middle Eastern and Central Asian Numismatics in Memoriam Boris Kochnev (1940-2002)Presentation of the Program

6 March 2018

On Saturday, March 10, 2018, the Middle Eastern and Central Asian Program at Hofstra University, New York, will hold the Tenth Seminar on Middle Eastern and Central Asian Numismatics in Memoriam Boris Kochnev (1940-2002).

The seminar is free and open to the public. It will take place between 10:00 am and 6:30 pm in Hauser Hall 109 at Hofstra University. The seminar is sponsored by the Middle Eastern and Central Asian Program at Hofstra University.

Program:

10:00 am

Jeffrey Lerner (Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA): A Greek Cult in Hellenistic Baktria

 Alireza Khounani (Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU, New York, USA): Depiction of Fire Altars (?) on Arsacid Coins

11:20 am

Robert Bracey (The British Museum, London, UK): The Kushan Coins Project in 2018

Maryam Ansari (Azad University, Bushehr Branch, Iran): The Sasanian Mint Designation “WLČ” Stands for the Modern Town of Borazjan (Southwestern Iran)

12:30 pm - Lunch

1:00 pm

Aleksandr Naymark (Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, USA): Collating New Research in Sogdian Numismatics with Archaeological Evidence

Pankaj Tandon (Boston University, Massachusetts, USA):  Reattribution of Some More Coins of Chandragupta II: A Preliminary Study

2:10 pm

Stuart Sears (Arabic Language Associates, LLC): Reconsideration of the Origin of a Hybrid Drachm of ‘Abd al-‘Aziz b. ‘Abdallāh

Michael Bates (American Numismatic Society, New York, USA): The Two Mithqals and the Weight Standard of the Islamic Dinar

3:20 pm

Luke Treadwell (Oxford University, UK): The Last Arab Bukharkhuda Drachms (early 190s AH) – Where were they Struck and who was al-khaqan al-aʿẓam?

Stefan Heidemann (Universität Hamburg, Germany) / Claudia Sode (Universität Köln, Germany): Entangled Cultures. Authentication and Sealing in the Byzantine Border Lands during the 11th and 12th Centuries

4:30 pm

Viacheslav Kuleshov (Stockholm University, Sweden): Silver Coinage of the Qarakhanids, AH 388-433: Issues in Chronology, Metrology, and Fineness

John Deyell (Ottawa, Canada): Coins and Conquest: The Mobilization of Local Money in the Expansion of the Shansabanid Empire into India

5:30 pm

General Discussion

6:45 pm - Dinner at Chorsu Samarqanda Restaurant