Contents International Numismatic 01 The President’s Note 02 Reports from institutions e-Newsletter 04 Congresses and Meetings 08 Research programs 08 Exhibitions 09 Websites 10 New publications INeN 18 - January 2015 17 Personalia 18 Obituaries 20 INC Annual Travel Grant 21 INeN contribute and suscribe The President’s Note - Il saluto del Presidente Dear INC members, dear colleagues and friends, On behalf of the INC I wish you that in these times of polarization on a multitude of issues all a happy and prosperous about cultural property, we can find common ground and New Year! It is an important collaborate to the benefit of numismatics. year for our Council and for the numismatic community The INC Committee will meet in Taormina in March to at large since it is the year make sure that everything will be ready to welcome you in of our XVth International September and make your participation as productive and Congress, which will take pleasant as possible. I also want to thank the Scientific place in Taormina, September and Organizing Committee for all their work: we are in 21-25, 2015. It is, as you a period of recession and economic instability and the know, the most important financing of this Congress is one of the most challenging event for the INC, and its the INC ever had to face. Governments can no longer organization, as well as the afford to be as generous as Spain was in 2003 and offer Dr. Carmen Arnold-Biucchi publication of the Survey of a spectacular Palace of Congresses for free. Banks as Numismatic Research, are the well have less flexibility for funding cultural events. This major charges of our Committee. I hope many of you Congress has to be financed by all of us through the are planning to come and I look forward to seeing many registration fees and by whatever gifts we can get. We old friends and colleagues and to meet many new ones, are still looking for sponsors and will be grateful for your Sicily is one of the most spectacular and interesting help and support. islands of the Mediterranean full of history and touristic attractions set in a luxuriantly beautiful landscape. So The numismatic community has lost two of its after almost a week of numismatic work, you can enjoy outstanding members in the past months: Jean-Pierre and discover the countryside, not to mention the culinary Callu (Paris 1929 – Donville-les-Bains 2014) and Jan delights and wineries. You will find all information on Janus Krasnodębski (Natalin 1930-West London http://www.xvcin.unime.it . 2013). You will find their obituaries below and we shall remember them with all our other colleagues at the I am pleased to report that everything is proceeding General Assembly in Taormina. according to schedule: the deadline for submitting abstracts was November 30 and we now have accepted You can read all other news since last July below. 400 papers and 50 posters, which the Organizing Committee will arrange into sessions by subjects. Please, Arrivederci a Taormina! remember to finalize your submission by registering by January 31 to confirm your participation. Grants Cari membri del CIN, cari colleghi e amici, applicants have until April 30 to register. In nome del CIN auguro a tutti voi un Felice e Fruttuoso The subeditors of the Survey have done an amazing work Anno Nuovo! È un anno importante per il nostro Consiglio of collecting and editing the different contributions and e per la comunità numismatica in generale poiché è the volume will go to the publisher by the end of the month l’anno del XVo Congresso Internazionale di Numismatica and will be available at the Congress in September. You che avrà luogo a Taormina del 21 al 25 settembre can subscribe to it on the registration form (price € 35 ). prossimi, Come sapete questo è l’avvenimento più The IAPN once again is assuming the costs of publication importante per il CIN e l’organizzazione del Congresso and I want to express my gratitude to all its members and congiunta alla pubblicazione del Survey of Numismatic in particular to its President Arne Kirsch. We can be proud Research costituiscono il compito maggiore del nostro International Numismatic e-Newletter 18 | January 2015 | 1 Comitato. Spero che molti di voi verranno a Taormina Reports from Institutions - Announcements e mi rallegro di rivedere tanti vecchi amici e colleghi e di incontrarne molti nuovi. La Sicilia è una delle isole più spettacolari del Mediterraneo con la sua storia e attrazioni turistiche situate in un paesaggio splendido. Staatliche Münzsammlung München Dopo quasi una settimana di studi numismatici potrete In 2014, continuing from 2013, the exhibition “Wettstreit prolungare il soggiorno e godervi le bellezze della natura in Erz. Porträtmedaillen der Deutschen Renaissance” unitamente a delizie gastronomiche e vini pregiati. was shown (through May, 4: see http://www.staatliche- Troverete tutte le informazioni necessarie su http://www. muenzsammlung.de/presse-031213.html). From Munich, xvcin.unime.it . this exhibition went to the Kunsthistorisches Museum at Vienna. Sono lieta di potervi riferire che le preparazioni proseguono come previsto: la scadenza per l’invio On Feb. 7 and 8, 2014, the Institute of History of Art of the di proposte per presentare una comunicazione era Munich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in cooperation il 30 novembre 2014. Abbiamo ora accettato 400 with the Staatliche Münzsammlung held the colloquium comunicazioni e 50 posters che il Comitato Scientifico „Die andere Seite. Funktionen und Wissensformen der organizzerà in varie sessioni tematiche. Per confermare frühen Medaille“ on the subject of Renaissance medals. la vostra partecipazione dovete riempire il formulario in From May, 15 to October 5, 2014, the exhibition “100 rete e pagare la quota d’iscrizione entro il 31 gennaio Köpfe, gestaltet vom Bildhauer, Kupferstecher und (per i borsisti entro il 30 aprile). Medailleur Hubertus von Pilgrim” showed all the medals and other selected works of Prof. Hubertus von Pilgrim Il Survey è quasi pronto e andrà in stampa alla fine del (born 1931), see: http://www.staatliche-muenzsammlung. mese grazie all’ottimo e indefesso lavoro degli editori di de/presse-140514.html. From Oct. 9, 2014 to May 3, sezione che hanno scelto gli autori, sollecitato contributi 2015, the Staatliche Münzsammlung shows “Natur – e corretto i manoscritti entro i tempi fissati. Il volume Zufall Kunst. Die Natur im Medaillenwerk von Friedrich sarà in vendita in settembre al Congresso e può anche Brenner”, a selection of medals mainly referring to nature essere comandato sul formulario di registrazione (35 €). or having their origin or model in nature from the oeuvre of L’AIPN ha di nuovo generosamente offerto di assumersi Friedrich Brenner (born 1939), see http://www.staatliche- le spese di stampa per il Survey e tengo a esprimere a muenzsammlung.de/presse-071014.html. In May 2015 tutti i soci e in particolare al suo Presidente Arne Kirsch there will an exhibition on the “Antiquity on Bank Notes” la mia profonda riconoscenza, Possiamo congratularci and in autumn 2015 an exhibition on German and Austrian in questi tempi di antagonismo e posizioni estreme su medals of World War I. questioni di patrimonio culturale, di saper creare un terreno comune di collaborazione per il progresso della On the basis of several 13th century hoards from various numismatica in generale. parts of Bavaria, the Staatliche Münzsammlung together with the Vienna Coin Cabinet runs a project of investigation Il Comitato del CIN terrà la sua riunione annuale a of High Medieval coinage from South Germany, Tyrolia Taormina in marzo per accertarsi che tutto sarà pronto and Austria, which will result in the publication of various in settembre per rendere la vostra partecipazione e articles and in an exhibition, which will be shown at soggiorno i più piacevoli possibili. Colgo l’occasione per Vienna, Bozen (Bolzano) and Munich. ringraziare il Comitato Scientifico e Organizzativo per il loro enorme lavoro. Siamo in un periodo di recessione Apart from other acquisitions, the Munich collection of e instabilità economica e il finanziamento di questo shares, stocks and bonds was especially increased Congresso è probabilmente uno dei più impegnativi che il thanks to private donors. CIN in tutta la sua storia abbia dovuto affrontare: governi From Oct. 25 to Oct. 26, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für e stati non possono permettersi di mettere a disposizione Medaillenkunst (DGMK) held its annual meeting in the gratuitamente un Palazzo dei Congressi come quello Staatliche Münzsammlung, in cojunction with a market of di Madrid nel 2003. Anche le banche hanno possibilità medals by the artists. ridotte per sostenere organizzazioni culturali. Il Congresso di Taormina sarà finanziato da tutti noi in gran parte The banknote collection of the HVB Stiftung tramite le quote d’iscrizione e i rari sussidi che possiamo Geldscheinsammlung with its ca. 300.000 banknotes and ottenere. Continuiamo a cercare sponsorizzatori e saremo other paper money is one of the world’s largest collections grati per qualsiasi aiuto. of this kind. Given as a permanent loan to the Staatliche Münzsammlung by the statutes of the foundation already La comunità numismatica nei mesi passati ha perso in 2003, it had not been possible up to now to find due insigni personalità: Jean-Pierre Callu (Parigi 1929 adequate rooms for this collection close to the Staatliche – Donville-les-Bains 2014) e Jan Janus Krasnodębski Münzsammlung. To show the close connection between (Natalin 1930-West London 2013). Potete leggere le loro the two collections, in conjunction with the exhibition on necrologie qui sotto. Renaissance medals, an exhibition on representations of motives relating to the Renaissance on banknotes was Questa INeN 18 vi porta tutte le altre novità importanti dal organized, from the stock of this banknote collection, as luglio scorso.