March 2023 eNews
Upcoming Events and Announcements
Hanna Antonina Jelonek receives the 2022 Saltus Award
The ANS is pleased to announce that Polish sculptor Hanna Antonina Jelonek is the recipient of the Society’s 2022 J. Sanford Saltus Award for Signal Achievement in the Art of the Medal. An award ceremony is planned to take place at the ANS headquarters in New York City on Thursday, October 5, 2023. More information on the event will be provided closer to the date. More…
Numismatic Antiquarianism through Correspondence (16th–18th c.) is now available for purchase in Europe
Edited by François de Callataÿ, Numismatic Antiquarianism through Correspondence (16th–18th c.) presents 14 articles collected from the 2017 meeting on numismatic antiquarianism held in Rome. Authors include ANS Trustee Andrew Burnett on “Queen Elizabeth and the Twelve Caesars” and ANS President Ute Wartenberg and Trustee Jonathan Kagan on “Recording Coin Finds and Hoards in Early Modern England.” Purchase…
Wartenberg to Speak in Munich
ANS President and Research Curator Ute Wartenberg will speak about her work on early electrum coinage and iconography on March 7 at the Library of the State Coin Collection in Munich, Germany. At the invitation of the Bavarian Numismatic Society and the Friends of the State Numismatic Collections in Munich, she will be delivering a paper entitled “Versuch einer Erklärung der Ikonographie der archaischen Münzprägung.” In this paper, she will discuss the ongoing project of creating a catalog of early electrum coinage.
Bransbourg to Speak in Paris
ANS Honorary Life Fellow Cécile Morrisson invited Executive Director Gilles Bransbourg as a specialist in Roman economy to speak at the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. On March 17, he will deliver a lecture on the economic impact of the Justinianic Plague in the 6th century and the coinage reforms that took place under the emperor Justinian I. More…
March Long Tables
Julian Baker, Curator of Medieval and Modern Coins at the Ashmolean Museum, will speak on early 14th century coin hoards found in Albania; ANS Fellow and Roman specialist Ben Lee Damsky returns to speak on Pompey’s anti-Caesar propaganda coins; and Associate Curator Jesse Kraft will present on the Great Potosí Mint Fraud of 1649.
February in Review
The ANS Welcomed Two Library Interns
We are pleased to welcome two new interns to the library, Jennifer Jenkins and St John Karp. Jennifer, who expects to complete her library degree at the Palmer School this year, with a concentration in rare books, special collections, and archives, has over a decade’s experience as an editor with financial and auction firms. St John’s background is in computer programming and systems administration. In addition to working toward his library degree at Pratt Institute, which he expects to finish next year, St John holds a part-time position with the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Jennifer and St John have been helping us at the ANS and gaining valuable experience by cataloging some of our old and new books, auction catalogs, and articles.
Bransbourg at the American Academy in Rome
Gilles Bransbourg spent the month of February in residence at the American Academy in Rome as a Visiting Scholar. The American Academy in Rome is a major international center for independent studies and advanced research in the fine arts and humanities, particularly in ancient studies. There, Bransbourg focused on his book project, The Economic Policy of the Roman Empire.
February Long Tables
Liesbeth Claes (Leiden University, The Netherlands) discussed coin deposits near the River Aa; Nanouschka Myrberg Burström (Stockholm University, Sweden) spoke on numismatic effect of the crusaders in the Baltic; Kyrylo Myzgin (University of Warsaw, Poland) talked about Roman gold coin finds from Eastern Europe; and Robert Kool (Israel Antiquities Authority, Israel) examined the context and significance of the Huqoq Hoard in Israel. Watch recorded talks on the ANS YouTube Channel.
