Thursday, April 16, 2026

Proceedings of the XVI International Numismatic Congress, 11–16.09.2022, Warsaw, Vol. i: Greek Numismatic

 

Warsaw Studies in Archaeology 

The XVI International Numismatic Congress, held in Warsaw, Poland, in September 2022, was a landmark event, drawing the largest number of participants in its history. With over 550 papers presented during thematic sessions and round tables, this congress showcased the latest advancements and research in the field of numismatics from leading experts and scholars in their field.

A curated selection of papers from the conference have now been drawn together into peer-reviewed conference proceedings, representing a comprehensive spectrum of numismatic studies from antiquity to modern times. Each paper is meticulously illustrated with high-quality images, often of unique specimens, along with detailed diagrams, maps, and die/typological chains. Topics covered include coins and coin finds, medals, tokens, banknotes, the history of collections and collecting, and cutting-edge chemical analyses and technologies used in coin examination.

This volume, the first in four thematic volumes, focuses on Greek numismatics, and comprises fifty-nine chapters exploring different elements of Greek coinage, as well as touching on coins from ancient India.

  • Format: PDF
  • Publication Date: January 2025
  • Publisher: Brepols
  • Number of Pages: 562
  • Language: English
  • Hardbound ISBN: 978-2-503-61656-8
  • E-book ISBN: 978-2-503-61657-5
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1484/M.WSA-EB.5.143933
  • Front Matter ("Table of Contents", "List of Illustrations", "Introduction")
    • pp.: 1 - 32
  • oa Hermes con petaso. Analisi diacronica e diatopica di un lemma del Lexicon Iconographicum Numismaticae
    • pp.: 33 - 41
  • oa Minting to Accommodate the Building Process
    • pp.: 43 - 51
  • oa For Good Measure. The Control of Measuring Instruments in the Ancient Greek Market
    • pp.: 53 - 58
  • oa The Online Die Study Database of the ERC ‘SILVER’ Project
    • pp.: 59 - 62
  • oa Eine digitale Forschungsinfrastruktur für antike Münzen. Neue Entwicklungen im Projekt Corpus Nummorum
    • pp.: 63 - 68
  • oa Comparative Elemental Analyses of Original and Counterfeit Ancient Coins. Some Examples from Bulgaria
    • pp.: 69 - 76
  • oa A New Catalogue for the Ancient Iberian Coinages: <monedaiberica.org>
    • pp.: 77 - 84
  • oa Le premier chalque de la Marseille grecque
    • pp.: 85 - 90
  • oa The Coinage of Larinum and the Frentani. Reviewing the Evidence
    • pp.: 91 - 101
  • oa The Coinage of Thurioi and its Contexts. A Die Study
    • pp.: 103 - 111
  • oa The Early Double-Relief Coinage of Croton
    • pp.: 113 - 121
  • oa Il sakkos come elemento identificativo dello status delle figure femminili. Un caso da Locri
    • pp.: 123 - 130
  • oa Ritrovamenti monetali dall’antica Medma, oggi Rosarno (RC, Italia)
    • pp.: 131 - 135
  • oa Cenni di epigrafia monetale in Sicilia. Contesti e tipologie
    • pp.: 137 - 143
  • oa Alaisa/Halaesa (Sicily). The Ancient Site and its Monetary Profile up to the Augustan Period
    • pp.: 145 - 153
  • oa The Historical Fight Between the Athenian ‘Owl’ and the Sicilian ‘Lizard’ on Kamarina’s Bronze Coins
    • pp.: 155 - 158
  • oa Figura femenina portando llave en la moneda de Entela (440–430 a.C.). Análisis y significado
    • pp.: 159 - 164
  • oa The Bronze Coinage of Hieronymus. Posthumous Series, Parallel Mintings, and Organizational Changes
    • pp.: 165 - 172
  • oa Coin Circulation in Lipari (Sicily) from the Greek to the Roman Period
    • pp.: 173 - 188
  • oa Le monete di Cossyra e la lingua delle monetazioni locali del Mediterraneo occidentale dopo la conquista romana
    • pp.: 189 - 193
  • oa The Hoard of Cala Tramontana in Pantelleria (Trapani, Sicily). Preliminary Observations
    • pp.: 195 - 205
  • oa Ancient Coins and Hoards from the Carevi Kuli Settlement, Strumica
    • pp.: 207 - 218
  • oa The Drachms of Dyrrhachium and Apollonia. Witness to the Rise and Fall of the Power of the Dacians
    • pp.: 219 - 224
  • oa Numismatic Evidence from Ancient Cassandreia at Chalcidice, Northern Greece
    • pp.: 225 - 236
  • oa Archaeological, Historical, and Technological (XRF Analysis) Aspects of Early Silver Coins and Coin Hoards from Southwestern Thrace
    • pp.: 237 - 248
  • oa The Hemidrachms of the Thracian Chersonese and Their Political Environment
    • pp.: 249 - 258
  • oa Money and the Odrysian Rulers. Paying the patrios phoros
    • pp.: 259 - 264
  • oa The Demeter Coinages of Byzantium and Chalcedon. A Reassessment
    • pp.: 265 - 276
  • oa The Palaiopolis 1995 Hoard from Corcyra. A Preliminary Report
    • pp.: 277 - 281
  • oa The Silver Coinages of Achaian and Aitolian Federal States
    • pp.: 283 - 296
  • oa ‘Put Money in thy Purse’. Presence and Circulation of the Ptolemaic Coins in the Peloponnese
    • pp.: 297 - 303
  • oa Cretan Coinage. Insularity and Connectivity
    • pp.: 305 - 316
  • oa Politics and War on Cretan Gold Coinage (Fourth–Third Century bc)
    • pp.: 317 - 325
  • oa The Coinage of Ancient Aptera
    • pp.: 327 - 336
  • oa The Coinage of Lyttos/Crete. Some Iconography & Distribution Patterns
    • pp.: 337 - 350
  • oa Coin Types in Georgia and the Graeco-Roman World
    • pp.: 351 - 360
  • oa Flan Fabrication and Minting Preparation for Copper-Alloy Coins in Antiquity. Numismatic and Historical Aspects
    • pp.: 361 - 369
  • oa Production Characteristics of Archaic Drachms Depicting the Gorgoneion and Problems with their Attribution to Parion
    • pp.: 371 - 380
  • oa A New Obol of Hippias of Athens
    • pp.: 381 - 386
  • oa Tisna in Aiolis and its Coinage
    • pp.: 387 - 391
  • oa Hellenistic Weights and Measures in Western Asia Minor (Propontis, Troas, and Aeolis)
    • pp.: 393 - 396
  • oa The Coinage of Erythrai and Historia Numorum Online
    • pp.: 397 - 402
  • oa FAΛFET and KVKAΛIM
    • pp.: 403 - 409
  • oa Les monnaies hellénistiques de bronze d’Acmonea (Phrygie)
    • pp.: 411 - 422
  • oa History and Coinage in Lycia. An Overview
    • pp.: 423 - 437
  • oa Ptolemaic Coins in Southwestern Asia Minor. New Attributions and Suggestions
    • pp.: 439 - 445
  • oa Archaic and Classical Coinage of Cilicia. An Overview
    • pp.: 447 - 464
  • oa Der lykaonische Wolf. Kleinsilber aus Laranda
    • pp.: 465 - 477
  • oa Hoards in Ancient Anatolia c. 630–30 bc. A Statistical Overview
    • pp.: 479 - 489
  • oa Numismatic Data on the Status of Artaxata (Artashat) During the Reign of the Artaxiad Dynasty of Armenia
    • pp.: 491 - 498
  • oa Database Challenges for Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum (SNP) Volumes 2 & 4
    • pp.: 499 - 508
  • oa The Coinage of the Characenian Kings Attambelos IV and V of Mesene (ad 54/55–73/74). A Tribute to Ernest Babelon
    • pp.: 509 - 512
  • oa A Brief Look at Coinage in Khuzistan from Alexander the Great to the End of the Sasanians
    • pp.: 513 - 517
  • oa Coins of the Bactrian and Indo-Greek Rulers (BIGR). A New Typology for Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coins
    • pp.: 519 - 523
  • oa Coin Finds from Barikot. New Evidence for Monetary Circulation in the Indo-Iranian Borderlands
    • pp.: 525 - 534
  • oa The Coinage of Pratishthana-Purisa, a City State in Ancient Punjab
    • pp.: 535 - 542
  • oa A Preliminary Analysis of the Metal Content of Gupta Gold Coins
    • pp.: 543 - 548
  • oa The Metrological Survey of Ptolemaic Bronze Coins. A Progress Report
    • pp.: 549 - 554
  • oa A Small Personal Touch. Some Trends in Graffiti on Carthaginian Gold Coins
    • pp.: 555 - 562
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    The Writing Tablets of Roman Tongeren (Belgium): And Associated Wooden Finds

    Editor: Else Hartoch 
     

    Roman wooden writing tablets, known in Latin as , have been found by archaeologists in various locations around the former capital of the or Roman Tongeren (now the Belgian city of Tongeren-Borgloon). These rare and delicate finds are remarkable not only due to the excellent state of their preservation, but also because they are inscribed with the remnants of texts, once etched into an overlying wax layer, that can, to the discerning eye, still be deciphered. The tablets not only provide concrete information about religious, judicial and administrative practices, but they also enhance our understanding of the complex processes of Romanisation and Latinisation in the northwestern and of the Roman Empire.

    Unearthed in the first half of the twentieth century, with a second group discovered in 2013, the Roman tablets housed in the Gallo-Roman Museum of Tongeren-Borgloon and in the city’s municipal heritage depository, became the object of an in-depth study by an international team of specialists piloted by the Gallo-Roman Museum. It is the results of this project that are presented here in this volume for the first time. The painstaking process of deciphering and interpreting the script marks and text fragments is explored via analysis of palaeography, philology and onomastics, along with key scientific techniques such as wax analysis, wood species identification, and script visualisation by Multi-Light Reflectance Imaging. Rich detail is also provided about other associated wooden finds that shed light on how and where the tablets were produced.

    The result is a beautifully illustrated and insightful volume that introduces the lost world of Roman Tongeren and its writing tablets to professionals and the general public alike.

  • Format: PDF
  • Publication Date: January 2025
  • Publisher: Brepols
  • Number of Pages: 424
  • Language: English
  • Hardbound ISBN: 978-2-503-61687-2
  • E-book ISBN: 978-2-503-61688-9
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1484/M.STIA-EB.5.144107 
  • The research project

  • oa Introduction: The project
    • pp.: 13 - 19
  • oa The texts of the Tongeren tablets and their significance
    • pp.: 21 - 31
  • oa Wood use, production of writing tablets, and some associated finds
    • pp.: 33 - 44
  • oa Imaging incised stylus text marks on the Roman wooden writing tablets of Tongeren using Multi-Light Reflectance technology
    • pp.: 45 - 54
  • oa Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry characterisation of wax residues in wooden Roman writing tablets
    • pp.: 55 - 61
  • oa Radiocarbon dating of the wooden tablets
    • pp.: 63 - 67
  • Historical and archaeological context of the tablets

    oa To write and read, count and record, certify and attest: The multiple functions of tablets in Greek and Roman Antiquity
    • pp.: 71 - 99
  • oa Atuatuca Tungrorum: A brief introduction
    • pp.: 101 - 123
  • oa The Roman wooden writing tablets of Tongeren: Contextualising the finds
    • pp.: 125 - 163
  • oa A painting of an aristocrat from Roman Tongeren carrying writing tablets
    • pp.: 165 - 170
  • Catalogue

    oa A Reader’s Guide
    • pp.: 173 - 184
  • oa Catalogue Part 1: Tablets with legible writing, symbols and/or illegible stylus marks
    • pp.: 185 - 280
  • oa Catalogue Part 2: Tablets without legible writing, symbols and/or illegible stylus marks
    • pp.: 281 - 314
  • oa Catalogue Part 3: Production evidence and production waste
    • pp.: 315 - 338
  • oa Catalogue Part 4: Possible wooden writing equipment
    • pp.: 339 - 349
  • oa Catalogue Part 5: Miscellaneous wooden finds: mouldings
    • pp.: 351 - 360
  • Reflexions

    oa General interpretations. The contribution of the Tongeren tablets to knowledge of the institutions of the civitas/municipium Tungrorum and a problem statement concerning the Romanisation and the Latinisation of the city and its region
    • pp.: 363 - 392
  • oa Conclusion
    • pp.: 393 - 398
  • oa Appendices
    • pp.: 399 - 421
  • oa Front Matter (“Table of Contents”, “Acknowledgements”)
    • pp.: 1 - 9
  • oa Back Matter (“Notes on the contributors”)
    • pp.: 422 - 425
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    Latin Ptolemaic Writings on Astronomy and Astrology up to AD 1700: A Comprehensive Survey of the Works, Manuscripts and Early Printed Editions

     

    Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus - Studies

    Throughout the Middles Ages and the early modern period, Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus, . 100-170 A.D.) was considered the foremost authority in mathematical astronomy and in astrology in all societies that inherited Greek learning, including the Islamic world and Latin Europe. The history of the Ptolemaic tradition in these civilisations, however, has never been systematically researched. This book offers the first complete treatment for the Latin world. It includes a full survey of the Ptolemaic works (original works in translation, and commentaries), together with a catalogue of 693 manuscripts and 104 early printed editions (up to 1700 A.D.) of these works.

     (C. Philipp E. Nothaft)

  • Format: PDF
  • Publication Date: February 2026
  • Publisher: Brepols
  • Number of Pages: 1059
  • Language: English
  • Hardbound ISBN: 978-2-503-60715-3
  • E-book ISBN: 978-2-503-60716-0
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1484/M.PALS-EB.5.134639
  •  Early printed editions

     

    oa Front Matter Volume 2

    • pp.: i - iv
  • Works

    oa Authentic works
    • pp.: 21 - 74
  • oa Pseudepigrapha
    • pp.: 75 - 104
  • oa Commentaries
    • pp.: 105 - 230
  • oa Appendices Volume 1
    • pp.: 231 - 252
  • Early printed editions

    oa Early printed editions
    • pp.: 253 - 325
  • oa Plates
    • pp.: 327 - 360
  • Manuscripts

    oa Manuscripts
    • pp.: 361 - 986
  • oa Appendix: Rejected manuscripts
    • pp.: 987 - 989
  • oa Front Matter Volume 1 (“Contents”, “List of plates”, “Preface”, “Abbreviations”)
    • pp.: i - xxxi
  • oa Introduction
    • pp.: 1 - 18
  • oa Back Matter (“Indices”
    • pp.: 991 - 1059

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    A Bestiary of Ancient Nubia

    Marc Maillot, ed.
    ISAC Museum Publications 4 cover image 

    ISAC Museum Publications

    Published in conjunction with A Bestiary of Ancient Nubia, a special exhibition of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures at the University of Chicago, this sumptuously illustrated volume examines the many roles animals played in Nubian life, art, religion, and economy from prehistory through the medieval period. Ten scholarly essays, each focused on a different category of animals and the ways the ancient Nubians observed, depicted, and exploited them, illuminate the close and complex relationship between humans and the fauna and landscape of the Middle Nile Valley. The detailed catalog presents all the objects displayed in the exhibition. Together, the essays and catalog offer a thematic study and a visual record of Nubia’s rich animal world.

  • Chicago: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, 2026
  • ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-61491-145-6
  • ISBN (eBook): 978-1-61491-146-3
  • Pp. 319 (xxxiii + 286)
  • Hardcover, 8 x 10 inches
  • Contents
    Abbreviations
    Foreword. Timothy P. Harrison
    Preface. Marc Maillot
    Contributors
    Introduction: The University of Chicago and Nubia. Bruce Beyer Williams
    PART I: ESSAYS
    1. Birds and Fish. Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer
    2. Bovids, Caprids, and Antelope. Tasha Vorderstrasse and Brian Muhs
    3. Canids. Margaret Geoga
    4. Equids. Shayla Monroe
    5. Felines. Emily Teeter
    6. Insects and Arachnids. Tasha Vorderstrasse and Brian Muhs
    7. Monkeys. Claude Rilly
    8. Reptiles and Amphibians. Kiersten Neumann
    9. River and Savanna Animals. Gabrielle Choimet
    10. Swine. Laura Harris
    PART II: CATALOG
    11. An Exploted Resource. Marc Maillot
    12. Wild and Dangerous. Marc Maillot
    13. Humans' Best Companions. Marc Maillot
    14. The Nubian Landscape and Ecosystem. Marc Maillot and Gabrielle Choimet
    List of Catalog Objects
    Concordance of Museum Registration Numbers
    Chronology and Maps
    Bibliography 

     

     

     

    Wednesday, April 15, 2026

    Open Access Monograph Series: Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen

     [First posted in AWOL  2 Maech 2012, updated 15 April 2026]

    Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen in AMAR

    Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen. Bd. 11
    Author: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Ṣanā
    Publication: Archive of Mesopotamian Archaeological Reports (AMAR)
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    Date: 01/2007

    Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen. Bd. 9
    Author: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Ṣanā
    Publication: Archive of Mesopotamian Archaeological Reports (AMAR)
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    Date: 01/2002

     


    Open Access Digital Library: AMAR: Archive of Mesopotamian Archaeological Site Reports

    [Originally posted in AWOL 27 July 2009. Most recently updated 15 April 2026]

    AMAR: Archive of Mesopotamian Archaeological Site Reports

    The Archive of Mesopotamian Archaeological Reports (AMAR) collection is part of the Iraq Cultural Heritage Program Grant. The Iraq Cultural Heritage Project (ICHP) was established in 2008 through a grant from the US Embassy in Baghdad. The Cultural Affairs Office at the Embassy oversees the project. International Relief and Development (IRD), a US-based non-governmental organization, implements the project for the Embassy. The project director, Elizabeth Stone, has directed archaeological excavations in Iraq, engaged in advanced training for Iraqi archaeologists, and attempted to document and stem the damage to Iraq's archaeological sites. Dr. Stone is collaborating with the University Libraries at Stony Brook University to make the AMAR collection available online. Before developing this online collection, she contributed more than one hundred digitized volumes to the ETANA website. The AMAR project aims to digitize 500 archaeological site reports describing archaeological excavations in Iraq and the immediately surrounding areas (Turkey, Syria, Iran, and the Gulf). This will include both out-of-copyright as well as in-copyright and in-print materials. This online collection is intended to provide basic sources of information to our colleagues in Iraq and other archaeologists working in the Middle East. The digital files are only to be distributed from the AMAR website. Individuals, libraries, institutions, and others may download one complimentary copy for their own personal use. Links to the AMAR website are welcomed. 

    The Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land

    [First posted in AWOL 11 August 2011, updated 15 April 2026]

    The Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land

     

    The Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land (DAAHL) is an international project that brings together experts in information technology including Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the archaeology of the Holy Land (modern Israel, Palestine, Jordan, southern Lebanon, Syria and the Sinai Peninsula) to create the first on-line digital atlas of the region held sacred to the three great monotheistic faiths - Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Using the power of spatial information systems such as Google Maps and Google Earth, GIS, the tens of thousands of recorded archaeological sites for the region - from the remote prehistoric periods to the early 20th century - will be entered into a comprehensive database along with site maps, photographs and artifacts. The historical and archaeological content for this project will be developed by a team of over 30 international scholars working in the region, helping to provide the data used to create the Atlas. This website and its content will serve as the prototype "knowledge node" of a more comprehensive Digital Archaeological Atlas Network for the Mediterranean region

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