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Baldwin's Blog Profiles a Gold Dinar of the Sasanian King Shapur I (February 2025)
On February 18, 2025, the British dealer Baldwin's published a blog post profiling a gold dinar of Shapur I of the Sasanian Kingdom (241-272 AD). The post says Sasanian gold coins are significantly rarer than silver drachms and describes the king's history and the coin designs. It gives no price or grade.
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Royal Numismatic Society Issued a Call for Papers for Its 2024-25 Lecture Series in August 2024
The Royal Numismatic Society (RNS) announced on August 11, 2024, a Call for Papers for its 2024-2025 lecture series, open to anyone engaged in the study of numismatics. Proposals were due by September 15, 2024. The lectures were to take place at the Royal Asiatic Society in London and on Zoom.
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Royal Numismatic Society Called for Proposals for Its February 2025 Early Career Lectures
On April 9, 2024, the Royal Numismatic Society (RNS) announced that it would host two lectures by the early career community in February 2025 and invited proposals. The lectures were to take place over Zoom, and the deadline for proposals was May 31, 2024.
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Royal Numismatic Society Presents Its 2023 Medal to Prof. Shin'ichi Sakuraki
The Royal Numismatic Society announced on January 22, 2024, that it had awarded its medal for 2023 to Prof. Shin'ichi Sakuraki. Martin Allen presented the medal to Prof. Sakuraki at the December meeting, held at the Society of Antiquaries, during his visit to the U.K.
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Royal Numismatic Society Announced an October 2023 Cambridge Seminar on 7th-18th Century Money
On September 12, 2023, The Royal Numismatic Society announced a one-day seminar on new research in numismatics and monetary history from the 7th to the 18th centuries, to be held on October 14, 2023, at Pembroke College, Cambridge. The seminar marked the retirement of RNS President Dr Martin Allen from the Fitzwilliam Museum.
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Royal Numismatic Society Announces 'Coinage and History in the Seventh Century Near East 7' (August 2023)
On August 11, 2023, the Royal Numismatic Society (RNS) announced the publication of "Coinage and History in the Seventh Century Near East 7." The volume contains 15 papers presented to the Seventh Century Syrian Numismatic Round Table, held at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in September 2022. Well over 400 coins are catalogued and illustrated.
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ANA Museum Exhibit Traced Royal Portraits on English Coins, 2019 Post Says
In an October 14, 2019 blog post, the American Numismatic Association described the Edward C. Rochette Money Museum's exhibit "Money of Empire: Elizabeth to Elizabeth." Many objects in it bear a portrait of an English king or queen. The post traces how royal coin portraits changed from Celtic and Roman times to Elizabeth II.