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Medieval - Western Medieval - Western Name Group Session Title Byzantine coins from Macedonian tower salvage Çantay, Deniz Byzantine: Turkey MW01_01 excavations in Edirne/ Turkiye Byzantine coins in the Malatya archaeological museum, Demirel-Gökalp, Zeliha Byzantine: Turkey MW01_02 Turkey Palaeologian coin findings of Kadikalesi/Anaia and their Unal, Ceren Byzantine: Turkey MW01_03 reflections Coinage and Money in the “Years of Insecurity”: The Case Maladakis, Vangelis Byzantine: Greece MW02_01 of Late Byzantine Chalkidiki (13th -14th c.) Numismatic evidence from the northern city walls of Paissidou, Melina Byzantine: Greece MW02_02 Thessalonica (early 13th century A.D.) The Thessalonica/2007 hoard of Byzantine Thirteenth- Lianta, Eleni Byzantine: Greece MW02_03 Century Billon Trachea Hadji-Maneva, Maja Byzantine: Macedonia & Balkans MW03_01 Early Byzantine Coin Circulation in Macedonia Secunda A hoard of coins of John Asen II (1230-1241) and the Razmovska - Bacevska, Danica Byzantine: Macedonia & Balkans MW03_02 Thessalonikan despotes Coins of Thessalonikan Despots and Their Circulation in Hristovska, Katerina Byzantine: Macedonia & Balkans MW03_03 the 13th Century Balkans The Comnenian campaigns against the northern nomads, Yotov, Yoto Byzantine: Macedonia & Balkans MW03_04 according to the numismatic data Discovery of a hoard of coins dated to the fifth and sixth centuries in Klapavice in the hinterland of ancient Šeparovi ć, Tomislav Byzantine: Croatia, Crimea, Belarus MW04_01 Salona The Circulation and the Use of the Byzantine Coins in Guruleva, Vera Byzantine: Croatia, Crimea, Belarus MW04_02 Crimea Guruleva, Vera; Kramarovsky, Mark Byzantine: Croatia, Crimea, Belarus MW04_03 Silver Basilikon of Andronicus III found at Solkhat /Krym Lavysh, Kristina & Wołoszyn, Marcin Byzantine: Croatia, Crimea, Belarus MW04_04 Byzantine Coins from the Area of Belarus Page 1 Medieval - Western The coin circulation in Phoenicia Maritima during the sixth Abou Diwan, Georges Byzantine: Levant & Arab-Byzantine MW05_01 century AD. Was Pseudo-Byzantine Coinage Primarily of Municipal Karukstis, Charlie Byzantine: Levant & Arab-Byzantine MW05_02 Origin? Bijovsky, Gabriela Byzantine: Levant & Arab-Byzantine MW05_03 Coin Circulation in Palestine during the Fifth Century CE Le monete a leggenda PAN e le emissioni arabo- bizantine: i dati dallo scavo di Antinoopolis/El Sheikh Castrizio, Daniele Byzantine: Levant & Arab-Byzantine MW05_04 Abada. The Early Byzantine Coin Circulation in the Eastern Gandila, Andrei Byzantine: Miscellaneous MW06_01 Provinces: A Statistical Approach Il segno della regalità femminile nell’ Alto Medioevo: la Longo, Katia Byzantine: Miscellaneous MW06_02 corona a punte Early Byzantine Standard Weights from Bulgaria Bearing Aladzhova, Dochka Byzantine: Miscellaneous MW06_03 Monograms and Inscriptions Note sulla circolazione monetaria tardoantica nel Lazio Marani, Flavia Post-Roman coinages MW07_01 meridionale: i reperti di S. Ilario ad bivium Williams, Javier G Post-Roman coinages MW07_02 Early Medieval Numismatic Tradition Pliego Vázquez, Ruth Post-Roman coinages MW07_03 El tesoro visigodo de Sevilla Williams, Javier G Post-Roman coinages MW07_04 Iconography in Visigothic Regal Coinage Dahmen, Karsten Early Medieval MW08_01 The Berlin collection of Merovingian coins Carolingian capitularies as source for the monetary history Emmerig, Hubert Early Medieval MW08_02 of the Frankish Empire Charlemagne or Charles the Bald? New insights from Sarah, Guillaume & Bompaire, Marc Early Medieval MW08_03 elemental analysis for dating Carolingian monogram coins. OTTO / ODDO and ADELHEIDA / ATHALHET – Onomatological aspects of German coin types of the 10th Steinbach, Sebastian Early Medieval MW08_04 and the 11th century A mancus apparently marked on behalf of King Offa - Hahn, Wolfgang Anglo-Saxon: England MW09_01 genuine or fake? Naismith, Rory Anglo-Saxon: England MW09_02 The Inscribed Cross Coinage of Kent: c. 851/5–c. 864 The Vale of York hoard and the coinage of the northern Williams, Gareth Anglo-Saxon: England MW09_03 Danelaw in the 920s Blackburn, Mark Anglo-Saxon: England MW09_04 The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Mints Page 2 Medieval - Western Elfver, Frédéric Viking: Scandinavia MW10_01 Donative pennies in Viking-Age Scandinavia? The circulation of dirhams in the Viking Age Baltic Sea and North Sea areas, focussing on the site Tissø from Rispling, Gert & Haupt, Nadia Viking: Scandinavia MW10_02 Denmark. New perspectives on Norwegian Viking-age coin finds c. Screen, Elina Viking: Scandinavia MW10_03 1000: the Bore hoard revisited Arles, Adrien; Bompaire, Marc; The hammer striking process in French medieval mints: Tereygeol, Florian Later Medieval: France & Spain MW11_01 study of the amount of swarf in a technical discussion Le retour à l’or en Occident au XIIIe siècle: le cas de Bompaire, Marc Later Medieval: France & Spain MW11_02 Montpellier (France) La aportación de los hallazgos monetarios a “la crisis del Mercadal, Maria Clua Later Medieval: France & Spain MW11_03 siglo xiv” en Catalunya La ubicación de las casas de moneda en la Europa Roma Valdés, Antonio Later Medieval: France & Spain MW11_04 medieval. El caso del reino de León Un diner de Jaime I el Conquistador en el Mar Menor. Porrúa Martínez, Alfredo; Robles Evidencias de presencia aragonesa en el Campo de Fernández, Alfonso Later Medieval: France & Spain MW11_05 Cartagena durante la Baja Edad Media An 11th century Spanish gold coin found at Denham and Archibald, Marion M. Later Medieval: England & Italy MW12_01 its English context Allen, Martin Later Medieval: England & Italy MW12_02 The Exchanges in the City of London, 1344-1509 Kelleher, Richard Later Medieval: England & Italy MW12_03 Coin loss in medieval England: interpreting the single finds Day, Jr, William R. Later Medieval: England & Italy MW12_04 Sterlings and sterling imitations in Italy, c. 1100 – c. 1350 Eikje, Linn Later Medieval: Norway MW13_01 New studies on Norwegian bracteates Emsøy, Gard Eirik Later Medieval: Norway MW13_02 Ulf Candidatus Gullbekk, Svein H. Later Medieval: Norway MW13_03 Medieval monetisation in Scandinavia Simensen, Christian J. Later Medieval: Norway MW13_04 A model for analysis of coins lost in Norwegian churches Among farmers and city people: Coin use in early Ingvardson, Gitte Tarnow Later Medieval: Scandinavia MW14_01 medieval Denmark c. 1000-1250 A Worth of Their Own. The Earliest Coinage of Gotland, Myrberg, Nanouschka Later Medieval: Scandinavia MW14_02 Sweden (c. 1140-1220). Three crowns – The history of a controversial coin motive von Heijne, Cecilia Later Medieval: Scandinavia MW14_03 and national symbol The coinage of Lüttich - an analysis based of the Swedish Salmi, Eeva Later Medieval: Scandinavia MW14_04 and Finnish Viking-Age hoards Page 3 Medieval - Western The first appearance of an IVDEX on a German coin from Leimus, Ivar Later Medieval: Germany MW15_01 the late 11th century Die Pegauer Brakteatenprägung Abt Siegfrieds von Rekkin (1185-1223) – Kriterien zu deren chronologischer Becker, Jan-Erik Later Medieval: Germany MW15_02 Einordung Brakteatenprägungen in Mähren in der 2. Hälfte des 13. Grossmannová, Dagmar Later Medieval: Germany MW15_03 Jahrhunderts The Treasure of a Jew. The Black Death in Cologne 1349 Mäkeler, Hendrik Later Medieval: Germany MW15_04 A.D. and Joël ben Uri Halewi’s fortune Fribourg en Nuithonie: faciès monétaire d’une petite ville Auberson, Anne-Francine Later Medieval: Switzerland MW16_01 au centre de l’Europe L’atelier médiéval des faux-monnayeurs de Rovray (VD, Raemy Tournelle, Carine Later Medieval: Switzerland MW16_02 Suisse) Une bourse de la fin du XIe siècle provenant d’une tombe Frey-Kupper, Suzanne Later Medieval: Switzerland MW16_03 à Avenches (Suisse) Die frühe Schilling- und Plappartprägung im Südwesten Zäch, Benedikt Later Medieval: Switzerland MW16_04 des Reichs: Anstösse und Auswirkungen The hoard of Tetín (Czech Republic) in light of currency Zaoral, Roman; Militký, Ji ří Later Medieval: Austria, Hungary & Bohemia MW17_01 conditions in 13th century Bohemia Urbare als Quellen für Währungs- und Geldgeschichte: Nussbaum, Samuel Later Medieval: Austria, Hungary & Bohemia MW17_02 Untersuchungen am Beispiel des Habsburgischen Urbar The Hoard of Paks-Gyapa and the Role of Wiener Tóth, Csaba Later Medieval: Austria, Hungary & Bohemia MW17_03 Pfennigs in Medieval Hungary Bulles de plomb et les monnaies en Pologne au XIIe Suchodolski, Stanislaw Later Medieval: Poland MW18_01 siècle Jewish names on Polish coins with Hebrew inscriptions dating back to the end of the 12th century and the first half Gorli ńska, Dobrochna Later Medieval: Poland MW18_02 of the 13th century. The circulation of foreign coins in Poland in the 15th Zawadzki, Michal Later Medieval: Poland MW18_03 century Page 4 Medieval - Western Ivaniševi ć, Vujadin Later Medieval: Serbia & Russia MW19_01 The Monetary Policy under Emperor Uros (1355-1371). The Iconography of Serbian Coinage under Emperor Uros Radic, Vesna Later Medieval: Serbia & Russia MW19_02 (1355-1371). Coins of the Great Principality of Moscow. Dengi of Dmitrii Ivanovich Donskoi (1359-1389) (on the publication of the first volume of “Corpus of the Russian coins of the 14th- Gaidukov, Petr; Grishin, Igor Later Medieval: Serbia & Russia MW19_03 15th centuries”) Monnaies islamiques contremarquées trouvées en Nicolae, Eugen Later Medieval: Moldavia, Romania, Bulgaria MW20_01 Moldavie (deuxième moitié du XIVe - début du XVe siècle) Oberländer-Târnoveanu, Ernest; Pârvan, Katiu şa; Constantinescu, Bogdan; Niculescu, Gheorghe; The
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