Silk Road Numismatics is a special field within Silk Road studies and within numismatics. It is particularly important because it covers a part of the world where history is not always clear – either because the historical record is incomplete or is contested. For example, numismatics has played a central role in determining the chronology of the Kushan kings.
Silk Road numismatics includes all coinage traditions from East Asia to Europe, from earliest times. There is a great deal of merging of coinage traditions at locations on the Silk Road, and expertise in several coinage traditions is required to understand these. A notable example is the Sino-Kharoshthi coinage of Khotan, in which two coinage traditions come together - these coins are bilingual, with a Kharoshthi inscription on one side and a Chinese inscription on the other. They relate to both the Attic standard of ancient Greek coinage and to the wuzhu system of the Han dynasty, and name the local kings of Khotan, for whom there is no indigenous historical record.[1]
Training As with all branches of numismatics, most training is object-based, and therefore tends to take place where there are specialist collections. The Hirayama Trainee Curatorship in Silk Road Numismatics was established in the early 1990s, as "a five-year project to enable young scholars at the beginning of their careers, to come to the British Museum for a full academic year to develop their knowledge of Silk Road coins."[2] The five scholars were Chandrika Jayasinghe (Dept of Archaeology, Colombo, Sri Lanka), Naushaba Anjum (Lahore Museum, Pakistan), Sergei Kovalenko (Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia), Shah Nazar Khan (Peshawar University Museum, Pakistan), Wang Dan (China Numismatic Society, China). Other scholars have received grants from the Neil Kreitman Central Asian Numismatic Endowment, administered by the Royal Numismatic Society.
Silk Road Moneyedit
Coins were not the only form of money on the Silk Road, as recent studies on textiles have shown.[3]
Exhibitions and displaysedit
Long-term
Silk Road Coin Gallery, at the Shanghai Museum (with catalogue)
1992 The Crossroads of Asia : transformation in image and symbol in the art of ancient Afghanistan and Pakistan (Fitzwilliam Museum, 1992). (see catalogue)
1993 Silk Road Coins: the Hirayama Collection. A special loan exhibition from Japan (British Museum, 1993).[4] (see catalogue)
1997 From Persepolis to the Punjab: Coins and the Exploration of the East (British Museum, 1997)[5] (see publication)
Exhibition cataloguesedit
1992 The Crossroads of Asia : transformation in image and symbol in the art of ancient Afghanistan and Pakistan, by Joe Cribb and Elizabeth Errington, with Maggie Claringbull (Cambridge: Ancient India and Iran Trust, 1992).
1993 Silk Road Coins: The Hirayama Collection by Katsumi Tanabe (Kamakura: Silk Road Institute, 1993).
2006 Shanghai Museum's Collection of Ancient Coins from the Silk Road 《上海博物馆藏丝绸之路古代国家钱币》 (Shanghai: Shanghai Museum, 2006). ISBN9787807253938
Bracey, Robert (2012), "The Mint Cities of the Kushan Empire", in F. Lopez-Sanchez (ed.), The City and the Coin in the Ancient and Early Medieval Worlds, BAR S2402; 2012, pp. 117–132.
Cribb, Joe (1984), "The Sino-Kharosthi Coins of Khotan: Their Attribution and Relevance to Kushan Chronology: Part 1", Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 144 (1984), pp. 128–152.
Cribb, Joe (1985), "The Sino-Kharosthi Coins of Khotan: Their Attribution and Relevance to Kushan Chronology: Part 2", Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 145 (1985), pp. 136–149.
Cribb, Joe, "Money as a Marker of Cultural Continuity and Change in Central Asia", in Joe Cribb and Georgina Herrmann (eds) After Alexander. Central Asia Before Islam (Proceedings of the British Academy 133, 2007), pp. 333–375.
Curtis, Vesta and Alexandra Magub, Rivalling Rome: Parthian Coins and Culture (Spink, 2020). ISBN 978-1912667444
Dong Qingxuan and Jiang Qixiang, and the Xinjiang Numismatics editorial board (1991), Xinjiang Numismatics (Xinjiang Art and Photo Press/ Educational and Cultural Press, Hong Kong, 1991) ISBN9787805470375
Errington, Elizabeth and Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh (2007), From Persepolis to the Punjab: Exploring Ancient Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan (London: British Museum Press, 2007)
Hansen, Valerie and Wang, Helen (eds) (2013), Textiles as Money on the Silk Road (special issue of Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2013, vol. 23, no. 2.
Jongeward, David and Joe Cribb with Peter Donovan, Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins (New York: American Numismatic Society, 2015)
Lin Ying, "Solidi in China and Monetary Culture along the Silk Road", The Silk Road, vol. 3, no. 2.[6]
Lin Ying (2003), "Western Turks and Byzantine gold coins found in China", Transoxiana 6, July 2003.
Edvard Rtveladze, "Monetary Circulation in Ancient Tokharistan", in Joe Cribb and Georgina Herrmann (eds) After Alexander. Central Asia Before Islam (Proceedings of the British Academy 133, 2007), pp. 389–397.
Shanghai Museum (ed.), Proceedings of the Symposium on Ancient Coins and the Culture of the Silk Road (Shanghai shuhua chubanshe, 2011). 上海博物館編 《絲綢之路古國錢幣暨絲路文化國際學術研討會論文集》上海書畫出版社 ISBN978-7-5479-0310-0 (summary of contents in English)
Skaff, Jonathan Karam, "Sasanian and Arab-Sasanian Silver Coins from Turfan: Their Relationship to International Trade and the Local Economy", Asia Major 3rd series, Vol. 11, No. 2 (1998), pp. 67–115.
Smirnova, Natasha, "Some Questions Regarding the Numismatics of Pre-Islamic Merv", in Joe Cribb and Georgina Herrmann (eds) After Alexander. Central Asia Before Islam (Proceedings of the British Academy 133, 2007), pp. 377–388.
Tanabe, Katsumi; Cribb, Joe and Wang, Helen (eds) (1997), Studies in Silk Road Coins and Culture: Papers in honour of Professor Ikuo Hirayama on his 65th birthday (Kamakura: Institute of Silk Road Studies, 1997)
Thierry, François (2012), "Rome et la Chine, trois notes de numismatique", L’Archéothéma, No 19, mars-avril 2012, pp. 27–33.
Thierry, François (1993), "Sur les monnaies sassanides trouvées en Chine", Res Orientales, V, 1993, 89-139.
Wang, Helen (2004), Money on the Silk Road. The Evidence from Eastern Central Asia to c. AD 800 (London: British Museum Press, 2004)
Wang, Helen (2004), “How Much for a Camel? A New Understanding of Money on the Silk Road before AD 800", in Susan Whitfield, ed. The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith. Chicago: Serindia, 2004, pp. 24–33.
Wang, Helen (2007), "Money in Eastern Central Asia before AD 800", in Joe Cribb and Georgina Herrmann (eds) After Alexander. Central Asia Before Islam (Proceedings of the British Academy 133, 2007), pp. 399–409.
Wang, Helen, Joe Cribb, Elizabeth Errington, Vesta Curtis and Robert Bracey (2023) “Money on the Silk Road, Research at the British Museum”, Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society 253, pp. 21-31.
Specialist journals
Articles on Silk Road Numismatics appear in a number of scholarly journals, including:
Silk Road Art and Archaeology (Journal of the Institute of Silk Road Studies, Kamakura, Japan)[7]
Numismatique asiatique (La Société de Numismatique Asiatique, France)[12]
Referencesedit
^Joe Cribb, "The Sino-Kharoshthi coins of Khotan", Numismatic Chronicle, 1984, pp. 128–152; 1985 pp. 139– 149, plates 20–23. (translated as "Hetian Han-Querti Qian" (Khotanese Chinese-Kharoshthi Coins), in Zhongguo Qianbi (Chinese Numismatics, Journal of the Chinese Numismatic Society), Beijing, 1987 part 2, pp. 31–40 and plate)
^Joe Cribb and Helen Wang, Professor Ikuo Hirayama and the British Museum, in Silk Road Coins and Culture (Kamakura: Institute of Silk Road Studies, 1997)p. 3.
^"Société de Numismatique Asiatique - Revue "Numismatique Asiatique"".
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Silk Road Numismatics is a special field within Silk Road studies and within numismatics It is particularly important because it covers a part of the world where history is not always clear either because the historical record is incomplete or is contested For example numismatics has played a central role in determining the chronology of the Kushan kings Contents 1 Silk Road Coins 2 Silk Road Money 3 Exhibitions and displays 4 Exhibition catalogues 5 Further reading 6 ReferencesSilk Road Coins editSilk Road numismatics includes all coinage traditions from East Asia to Europe from earliest times There is a great deal of merging of coinage traditions at locations on the Silk Road and expertise in several coinage traditions is required to understand these A notable example is the Sino Kharoshthi coinage of Khotan in which two coinage traditions come together these coins are bilingual with a Kharoshthi inscription on one side and a Chinese inscription on the other They relate to both the Attic standard of ancient Greek coinage and to the wuzhu system of the Han dynasty and name the local kings of Khotan for whom there is no indigenous historical record 1 Training As with all branches of numismatics most training is object based and therefore tends to take place where there are specialist collections The Hirayama Trainee Curatorship in Silk Road Numismatics was established in the early 1990s as a five year project to enable young scholars at the beginning of their careers to come to the British Museum for a full academic year to develop their knowledge of Silk Road coins 2 The five scholars were Chandrika Jayasinghe Dept of Archaeology Colombo Sri Lanka Naushaba Anjum Lahore Museum Pakistan Sergei Kovalenko Pushkin Museum Moscow Russia Shah Nazar Khan Peshawar University Museum Pakistan Wang Dan China Numismatic Society China Other scholars have received grants from the Neil Kreitman Central Asian Numismatic Endowment administered by the Royal Numismatic Society Silk Road Money editCoins were not the only form of money on the Silk Road as recent studies on textiles have shown 3 Exhibitions and displays editLong term Silk Road Coin Gallery at the Shanghai Museum with catalogue Silk Road Coins at the British Museum in the Joseph E Hotung Gallery Room 33 and the Citi Money Gallery Room 68 Short term 1992 The Crossroads of Asia transformation in image and symbol in the art of ancient Afghanistan and Pakistan Fitzwilliam Museum 1992 see catalogue 1993 Silk Road Coins the Hirayama Collection A special loan exhibition from Japan British Museum 1993 4 see catalogue 1997 From Persepolis to the Punjab Coins and the Exploration of the East British Museum 1997 5 see publication Exhibition catalogues edit1992 The Crossroads of Asia transformation in image and symbol in the art of ancient Afghanistan and Pakistan by Joe Cribb and Elizabeth Errington with Maggie Claringbull Cambridge Ancient India and Iran Trust 1992 1993 Silk Road Coins The Hirayama Collection by Katsumi Tanabe Kamakura Silk Road Institute 1993 2006 Shanghai Museum s Collection of Ancient Coins from the Silk Road 上海博物馆藏丝绸之路古代国家钱币 Shanghai Shanghai Museum 2006 ISBN 9787807253938Further reading edit nbsp Money portal nbsp Numismatics portalBracey Robert 2012 The Mint Cities of the Kushan Empire in F Lopez Sanchez ed The City and the Coin in the Ancient and Early Medieval Worlds BAR S2402 2012 pp 117 132 Cribb Joe 1984 The Sino Kharosthi Coins of Khotan Their Attribution and Relevance to Kushan Chronology Part 1 Numismatic Chronicle Vol 144 1984 pp 128 152 Cribb Joe 1985 The Sino Kharosthi Coins of Khotan Their Attribution and Relevance to Kushan Chronology Part 2 Numismatic Chronicle Vol 145 1985 pp 136 149 Cribb Joe Money as a Marker of Cultural Continuity and Change in Central Asia in Joe Cribb and Georgina Herrmann eds After Alexander Central Asia Before Islam Proceedings of the British Academy 133 2007 pp 333 375 Curtis Vesta and Alexandra Magub Rivalling Rome Parthian Coins and Culture Spink 2020 ISBN 978 1912667444 Dong Qingxuan and Jiang Qixiang and the Xinjiang Numismatics editorial board 1991 Xinjiang Numismatics Xinjiang Art and Photo Press Educational and Cultural Press Hong Kong 1991 ISBN 9787805470375 Errington Elizabeth and Curtis Vesta Sarkhosh 2007 From Persepolis to the Punjab Exploring Ancient Iran Afghanistan and Pakistan London British Museum Press 2007 Hansen Valerie and Wang Helen eds 2013 Textiles as Money on the Silk Road special issue of Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 2013 vol 23 no 2 Jongeward David and Joe Cribb with Peter Donovan Kushan Kushano Sasanian and Kidarite Coins New York American Numismatic Society 2015 Lin Ying Solidi in China and Monetary Culture along the Silk Road The Silk Road vol 3 no 2 6 Lin Ying 2003 Western Turks and Byzantine gold coins found in China Transoxiana 6 July 2003 Edvard Rtveladze Monetary Circulation in Ancient Tokharistan in Joe Cribb and Georgina Herrmann eds After Alexander Central Asia Before Islam Proceedings of the British Academy 133 2007 pp 389 397 Shanghai Museum ed Proceedings of the Symposium on Ancient Coins and the Culture of the Silk Road Shanghai shuhua chubanshe 2011 上海博物館編 絲綢之路古國錢幣暨絲路文化國際學術研討會論文集 上海書畫出版社 ISBN 978 7 5479 0310 0 summary of contents in English Skaff Jonathan Karam Sasanian and Arab Sasanian Silver Coins from Turfan Their Relationship to International Trade and the Local Economy Asia Major 3rd series Vol 11 No 2 1998 pp 67 115 Smirnova Natasha Some Questions Regarding the Numismatics of Pre Islamic Merv in Joe Cribb and Georgina Herrmann eds After Alexander Central Asia Before Islam Proceedings of the British Academy 133 2007 pp 377 388 Tanabe Katsumi Cribb Joe and Wang Helen eds 1997 Studies in Silk Road Coins and Culture Papers in honour of Professor Ikuo Hirayama on his 65th birthday Kamakura Institute of Silk Road Studies 1997 Thierry Francois 2012 Rome et la Chine trois notes de numismatique L Archeothema No 19 mars avril 2012 pp 27 33 Thierry Francois 1993 Sur les monnaies sassanides trouvees en Chine Res Orientales V 1993 89 139 Wang Helen 2004 Money on the Silk Road The Evidence from Eastern Central Asia to c AD 800 London British Museum Press 2004 Wang Helen 2004 How Much for a Camel A New Understanding of Money on the Silk Road before AD 800 in Susan Whitfield ed The Silk Road Trade Travel War and Faith Chicago Serindia 2004 pp 24 33 Wang Helen 2007 Money in Eastern Central Asia before AD 800 in Joe Cribb and Georgina Herrmann eds After Alexander Central Asia Before Islam Proceedings of the British Academy 133 2007 pp 399 409 Wang Helen Joe Cribb Elizabeth Errington Vesta Curtis and Robert Bracey 2023 Money on the Silk Road Research at the British Museum Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society 253 pp 21 31 Specialist journalsArticles on Silk Road Numismatics appear in a number of scholarly journals including Silk Road Art and Archaeology Journal of the Institute of Silk Road Studies Kamakura Japan 7 Bulletin of the Asia Institute UK 8 Numismatic Chronicle Royal Numismatic Society UK 9 Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society UK 10 Revue numismatique France 11 Numismatique asiatique La Societe de Numismatique Asiatique France 12 References edit Joe Cribb The Sino Kharoshthi coins of Khotan Numismatic Chronicle 1984 pp 128 152 1985 pp 139 149 plates 20 23 translated as Hetian Han Querti Qian Khotanese Chinese Kharoshthi Coins in Zhongguo Qianbi Chinese Numismatics Journal of the Chinese Numismatic Society Beijing 1987 part 2 pp 31 40 and plate Joe Cribb and Helen Wang Professor Ikuo Hirayama and the British Museum in Silk Road Coins and Culture Kamakura Institute of Silk Road Studies 1997 p 3 See Valerie Hansen and Helen Wang Textiles as Money on the Silk Road Special issue of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society June 2013 https www britishmuseum org pdf RP Exhibitions Chronology pdf p 80 https www britishmuseum org pdf RP Exhibitions Chronology pdf p 102 Solidi in China and Monetary 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