XVI International Numismatic Congress

Session

S74. MIDDLE AGES 12. ASIA

S74

Sep 15, 2022, 4:00 PM

Auditorium Maximum - Hall D

Conveners

S74. MIDDLE AGES 12. ASIA

• Helen Wang (British Museum)

194. [⊝ not streamed] Chinese Silver Ingots Found in 10th century Shipwreck

Lyce Jankowski (Musée royal de Mariemont )

9/15/22, 4:00 PM

oral presentation

A wreck with its entire cargo was discovered in 2004 in the Java Sea off the town of Cirebon. Chinese coins found on board helped to date the shipwreck to the 10th century. The main cargo consisted of iron ore, tin and silver ingots and ceramics from China and present-day Thailand. The accompanying cargo consisted of semi-precious stones, objects made of gold and other metals, glass beads of...

268. Numismatic evidence for a brief restoration of royal power in Armenia in the 15th century: A preliminary note

Aram Vardanyan (National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan)

9/15/22, 4:20 PM

oral presentation

A unique manuscript kept in the Matenadaran in Yerevan shows that towards the end of the rule of the Qara Qoyunlu Jahan Shah (1438-1467), in 1465 the Armenian nobility declared Smbat from the Artsrunid house of Sefedinian the king of Armenia. His power, which apparently lasted only two years, extended to Akdamar Island, Van and Vostan cities. The two cities represented a single unified fief...

195. [⊝ not streamed] Turkish Sultans of Bengal and Seljuk Sultans of Rum: movement of motifs, legend, calligraphy on coins

Sutapa Sinha (University of Calcutta, India. )

oral presentation

Bengal, a provincial kingdom of medieval India flourishing since early 13th century had a significant and consistent coinage of its governors and sultans from the very beginning of the Sultanate. A comparative study of this coinage reveals marked influence from the coinage of Seljuq Sultans of Rum (Anatolia) confirmed by the use from the beginning of the horse rider motif, the legend pattern...