Oriental Numismatic Society

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The Oriental Numismatic Society is a world-wide network of those interested in Oriental coins and money (collectors, scholars, and enthusiasts).

The Society publishes the Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society, an international journal that is released quarterly to our members worldwide.

The different regional sections of the Society hold meetings around the world at which members can meet and hear talks by collectors, scholars and enthusiasts working on a variety of numismatic topics.

Society Activities

Upcoming Meetings

ONS-meeting Tübingen 9-10 May 2026

    1. Mai 2026
    • Atef Mansour M. RAMADAN, Fayoum: Mihrãb and Anaza: A New Study in Early Islamic Iconography
    • Viacheslav KULESHOV, Stockholm: Numismatic History through Die Studies: the Case of Post-Reform Umayyad Gold Coinage, AH 77-132
    • Huda SUBEH, Göttingen: Die umayyadischen Münzen der Bachmann-Sammlung: Ergebnisse der ersten Projektphase
    • Stefan MOELLER, Halle: Subaerate byzantinische Goldmünzen: Versuch einer Klassifikation und Interpretation
    • Irakli PAGHAVA, Tbilisi: Numismatic Self-Presentation of Eleventh-Century Georgian Monarchs: Occidental vs. Oriental
    • Jean-David RICHAUD-MAMMERI, Paris: New Numismatic Evidence for the Relation-ship between Tughril Beg and Chaghri Beg (V" XT" century)
    • Nikolaus SCHINDEL, Wien: Ein Vergleich zwischen seldschukischen und kreuzfahrer-zeitlichen Kupfermünzen aus Antiochia
    • Cécile BRESC, Paris: A Hoard of Mixed Crusader and Ayyübid Silver Coins from Tell Bashir
    1. Mai 2026
    • Shohruxmirzo ISMOILOV, Khiva: A Hoard of Samunid Coins from Khwärazm
    • Dmytro YANOV, Tübingen: Finds of Imitations of Ottoman akçes in Hungary
    • Salah Ramadan M. RAMADAN, Cairo: Unpublished Dirham Types of the Bahri Sultan Husàm al-Din Lajin in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo
    • Lutz ILISCH, Hayingen: Serving the Mamluks: a Late Medieval Die Engraver on the Move
    • Führung (auf Englisch) durch die Sonderausstellung „Industry of Beauty" im Uni-Museum Alte Kulturen auf Schloss Hohentübingen // guided visit (in English) to the special exhibition “Industry of Beauty” in the University Museum of Ancient Cultures at Hohentübingen Castle, Burgsteige 11

ONS-meeting Brussels 13 June 2026

ONS-meeting Leiden 11 September 2026

ONS Promotion at the Expo Houten (Utrecht) 19 September 2026

Oriental Numismatic News

The ONS has awarded the 2024 Ashoka Prize to Dilip Rajgor.

The ONS has awarded the 2024 Steve Cribb Memorial Award to Robert S. Wicks.