Call for Papers “Ancient Coins and Sculpture” – 2024 AIA Annual Meeting 

Call for Papers “Ancient Coins and Sculpture” – 2024 AIA Annual Meeting 

Organized by the Numismatics Interest Group of the Archaeological Institute of America 

For the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America 

Jan. 4-7, 2024, Chicago IL 

There is a close relationship between ancient coins and sculpture. To begin with, coins themselves can be understood as sculptures in miniature. As such they may reflect and interact with current trends in iconography and style. This is especially true when coins bear portraits, making these objects a rich source of iconography that can not only be compared to portraits in the round, but also studied as a phenomenon in itself. Such numismatic portraits also often function to lend authority to the coin as a piece of money and to any message conveyed by the images on the reverse. These reverse images in turn are sometimes drawn from the repertoire of sculpture, whether copying a famous artwork by a master sculptor or an unknown model lost to history. The Numismatics Interest Group of the AIA invites abstracts on any aspect of the relationship between ancient coins and sculpture, including but not limited to portraiture, from any time period. 

Please send an abstract of no more than 300 words to Martin Beckmann (beckmam@mcmaster.ca) by Feb 28, 2023, in order to allow time for anonymous peer review. Papers will be 15 or 20 minutes (please specify requested time) and all presenters must be AIA members in good standing at the time of the meeting.  

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