Outside speakers included T. V. Buttrey (Cambridge), Sarah E. Cox (New York), Sarah E. Lawrence (New York), Eric P. Newman (St. Louis), and James J. Todesca (New York). As it happens all but Mr. Newman are alumni of the seminar.
This year's weather had adverse effects on outside activities, but the group attended Opera in the Park during the first week of the seminar, and a scheduled trip to Yankee Stadium provided the bonus of a second game, replayed after a rainout. The Yankees lost both.
This year's students, with their affiliations and topics, were as follows: Florin Curta, Western Michigan University, "Invasion or Inflation? Sixth and Seventh-Century Byzantine Coin Hoards in Eastern and Southeastern Europe"; Touraj Daryaee, University of California, Los Angeles, "The Last Sasanian Crown: The Coinage of Xosrow II"; Laura A. Genevieve DeLozier, University of Wisconsin, "Leave the Lictors Behind: The Civic Identity of Marc Antony in the East"; David B. Hollander, Columbia University, "Republican ex S C Coinage"; Rachel Koopmans, University of Notre Dame, "'Qui monetam nimia corruperant falsitate': The Moneyers of Canterbury in the Late Twelfth Century"; Andrew Kurt, University of Toronto, "Visigothic Mint Organization in Southern Spain in the Early Seventh Century"; Eleonora Luciano, University of Indiana, "'Diva Isotta' and the Medals of Matteo de' Pasti: A Success Story"; Bradley McLain, Fordham University, "The Diffusion of Sterlings on the Continent 1150-1250: The Creation of a Standard?"; Peter Franz Mittag, University of Freiburg, "Protocontorniates or Pseudocontorniates?"; Judith Nolan, Columbia University, "Some Aspects of the Lubeck Florin"; David Rohrbacher, University of Washington, "Roman Imperial Mint Policy in the Middle Third of the Fourth Century A.D."; Michael Smith, Brown University, "The Archaic Coinage of 'Lete"'; and Lisa Wolverton, University of Notre Dame, "A Reevaluation of Twelfth-Century Czech Coinage." The Seminar is supported by a generous grant from Mr. and Mrs. Eric P. Newman.
In response to numerous inquiries by adult groups wishing to visit the ANS, the Education Officer has designed different types of programs to accommodate the interests of such diverse groups as Japanese local government officials, coin clubs, and adult school outings. A program involving the Education Officer, Librarian, and Curator of Medieval Coins was arranged for students in a summer intern program at the Cloisters, the medieval depart
Again this year, the curatorial staff presented a series of Saturday Seminars, organized by the Education Officer. Designed to introduce our collections to a variety of audiences, the topics chosen are of interest to the beginning numismatist as well as the advanced student and are intended to attract people interested in art, archaeology, or the history of a particular period. As a result of this experience, the Society has instituted a new program, the ANS Speakers Bureau. Schools, libraries, coin clubs, and other organizations are now able to request a program given by an ANS staff member at their chosen location. A special brochures listing 25 different programs has been prepared and distributed to individuals and organizations in the greater New York metropolitan area.
Over the past three years, two successive grants from the Institute for Museum Services enabled the ANS to engage Ms. Wiesman as Education Officer and made possible the num her and variety of formal programs summarized here. Application for renewal of the grant was unsuccessful, resulting in termination of the position of Education Officer at the end of the the year under review.
"Practicing numismatists are often forced to choose between pursuit of scholarly interests and service to the discipline in other ways. In today's recipient of the Huntington Medal we have an individual who has distinguished herself in both categories of endeavor, with no clear sacrifice of one to the other.
"It is doubtful whether anyone but a native can comprehend the French academic system, so different is it from our own, but a survey of the attainments of our recipient at least reveals the promise of her future stature. Already in 1963 she was attached to the prestigious Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, moving through the grades until her appointment in 1991 as Directeur de recherches. She published her first article in 1966, and her doctorate was awarded in 1968 on the basis of what would become a best seller, Catalogue des monnaies byzantines de la BibliotbŠque Nationale (2 vols., Paris, 1970). Alongside the Dwnbarton Oaks catalogues this has become an indispensable tool for the study of Byzantine coinage, giving details of one of the world's great collections together with a view of the coinage written by a historian of the period.
"More was to come. Taking advantage of her enviable facility for languages, she provided the French speaking world with a translation of Philip Grierson's Numismatics and a translation with supplement of Tommaso Bertele's La numismatica bizantine. She has published more technical works on the important hoard of solidi from Rougga and L'or monnay‚ purifications et alterations de Rome … Byzance (1985). The year 1992 was replete with examples of the range of her skills. The publication of Sceaux byzantins de la collection Henri Seyrig (in collaboration with Jean-Claude Cheynet and Werner Seibt) is a lasting example of her interest in seals, already in evidence through her regular contributions to the Dumbarton Oaks series Studies in Byzantine Sigillography and the provocatively titled La numismatique which appeared in the enormously useful series Que Sais-Je? is an elegant and concise introduction to the discipline, adding variety to a genre dominated by classicists.
"There is surely more to come, and among the promised 'forthcoming works' is an inventory of 'proto-Byzantine' hoards from the Balkans and Asia Minor which will fill a long-standing need. But our award has already been more than justified, and it is our pleasure today to recognize the manifold achievements of Cecile Morrisson of Paris with the Archer M. Huntington Medal for 1995."
The presentation of the medal was followed by Morrisson's talk "Physics, Economics, and Byzantine Monetary History," which explored the symbiosis between science and numismatics. Later that evening a dinner in her honor was held at Girafe Restaurant.
HUNTINGTON AWARD RECIPIENTS
A. F. PRADEAU 1945
The program began with a brief account of the life of J. Sanford Saltus, donor and namesake of the award, by ANS Curator John Kleeberg, who has completed a life of the New York numismatist and philanthropist for the new American National Biography. The award was presented by sculptor Karen Worth, a former recipient of the medal and member of the Saltus Committee. In the citation, Worth noted Shagin's "amazing show of energy, inventiveness, and determination" in his pursuit of the art of the medal. She concluded that the 1995 Saltus Award was being presented to him "for the strength of his modeling, the depth of his perception, and the endless creativity of his conception."
In his moving, emotional acceptance, Shagin noted that after 25 years of searching on two continents for a place and direction, he has come to realize "that medallic art is becoming for me not only a hobby or an occupation, but indeed an obsession, and I start to believe that in the future my hard work will justify the recognition given me with this Award." The former engraver at the Leningrad Mint concluded, "it may sound like a story of an immigrant fulfilling his American dream, but I really found the medallic art medium very suitable for expression in the most compact and durable form of my experiences in the divided, two-sided world."
After the meeting, the audience was treated to reception featuring caviar, smoked fish, and other Russian specialties, while they viewed the exhibits of works of Shagin and Brenner, two Eastern European Jewish artists who have made a mark on the art and numismatics of the United States. Later that evening, about 40 of the participants moved downtown to the Cedar Tavern where the celebration continued into the night.
SALTUS AWARD RECIPIENTS
ARTHUR J. EVANS 1940
The Graduate Fellowship is restricted to alumni of the Graduate Seminar and carries a stipend of $3,500.
The recipient of the first fellowship, Steven K. Ross, spent a month in New York in the spring gathering material for his dissertation on the history of Edessa. In addition to his work at the ANS, he was able to consult the extensive holdings of Yale University.
The Roman Studies Fellowship is provided by a generous donor and carries a stipend of $5,000.
In the fall Marilyn Higbee took up the second fellowship. She did her undergraduate work at Brigham Young University and is currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program in history at Columbia University.
The Schwartz Fellowship was established in 1985 in memory of a longtime volunteer at the museum who died in 1984.
Applications for support should be addressed to the Secretary of the Society and should include an outline of the proposed research project, the method of accomplishing the research, funding requested, and the specific uses to which the funding will be put. Applications will also be considered for publication support for manuscripts on topics meeting the fund's criteria. Applications are reviewed periodically by the Donald Groves Fund Committee which makes its recommendations to the Society's Council.
During the year, the fund provided a research grant to Dan Freidus of Ann Arbor, MI, in support of his work on the colonial moneyer Dr. Samuel Higley of Granby, CT. A publication grant was awarded to The Papers of Robert Morris Project, Professor Elizabeth M. Nuxoll of Queens College, CUNY, Project Director, in support of completion of volume 9 in this important series which provides valuable numismatic evidence for the period of the American Revolution.
While the COAC forum has remained constant over the course of the years, the format has been adapted in many cases to the needs and opportunities presented by individual topics. The period of the conference has ranged from three days to one, with the one-day concentrated program being the current mode. In 1987 the COAC theme was "The Medal in America" presented in three sessions, each chaired by a different moderator. It was accompanied by a scholarly exhibition, "The Beaux-Arts Medal in America," curated by Barbara A. Baxter who also prepared the illustrated interpretive catalogue published for the occasion. Two of the conferences held to date have focused on subjects beyond the United States, "The Coinage of El Peru" in 1988 and "Canada's Money" in 1992. The remaining conferences have dealt with topics in the study of U.S. Colonial and Federal numismatics covering coinage by metal, paper money, medals, and tokens. The opening of the second decade of COAC was ushered in by further specificity of topics as the 1995 program discussed "Coinage of the American Confederation Period," a short but extremely active era in American numismatic history.
In the early years of COAC, the organizing committee was appointed ad hoc. In 1992, recognizing the need for long term continuity in planning for conferences several years in advance, then President R. Henry Norweb, Jr., appointed a COAC Standing Committee with Donald G. Partrick as its Chairman. Each conference continues to have an individual chairman, invited by the committee, whose responsibilities include moderating the proceedings and the discussions engendered by presentations and editing the papers for publication.
To date, COAC Proceedings volumes have earned two awards. In 1991, the Lewis M. Reagan Memorial Foundation, through the Professional Numismatists Guild, presented its Robert Friedberg Award to the ANS for the "outstanding series on Coinages of the Americas," noting in particular America's Gold Coinage, edited by William E. Metcalf, published in 1990. In 1995, the Canadian Numismatic Research Society conveyed its Fred Bowman Numismatic Research Award on the ANS "in recognition of their wellresearched work on a Canadian numismatic subject entitled Canada's Money, edited by John M. Kleeberg," published in 1994.
In the Annual Report for 1994, a summary was published of COAC 1 (1984) through 10 (1994). Since then, the two volumes cited as "in press" and "in preparation" have been issued: John M. Kleeberg, ea., America's Silver Dollars (1995), 127 pp., illus., proceedings 9; and Richard G. Doty, ea., The Token: America's Other Money (1995), 224 pp., illus., proceedings 10.
Charles K. Smith, "George III Contemporary Counterfeit Halfpence:
John M. Kleeberg, "The Shipwreck of the Faithful Steward:
Eric P. Newman, "New Comments on Nova Constellatios."
Pete Smith, "The Independent State of Vermont."
John Lorenzo, "The So-Called Atlee Broken A Letter Punch."
James A. Goudge, "The Copper Coinage of Connecticut."
Richard G. Doty, "Coinages that Might Have Been: Matthew Boulton and South Carolina."
George Fuld, "Washington Colonial Coinage."
On January 14, 1995, the fifth annual Graduate Seminar Alumni Conference was held. Sarah T. Brooks, a Ph.D. candidate at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts spoke on "Coinage of the Theodosian Women," Georgia-Constantina Nikolaou, a doctoral candidate at the University of Ioannina in Greece, spoke on "The First Byzantine Coins with the Effigy of Christ," and Sarah Lawrence of Columbia University spoke on "Valerio Belli's
Alex Shagin was the recipient of this year's J. Sanford Saltus Award for Signal Achievement in the Art of the Medal on February 18. John Kleeberg opened the meeting with a brief account of the life of Saltus, and Karen Worth, a former winner of the Saltus Medal and chair of the Saltus Committee, gave the citation. Shagin gave a moving acceptance address. followed by Elvira Clain-Stefanelli, Director of the National Numismatic Collections of the Smithsonian Institution, who spoke on parallels in the lives of some of the world's most famous medalists.
The second annual "Day of the Etruscans" took place on February 25 at the Society's Museum. Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, the Margaret Thompson Curator of Greek Coins, spoke on "Myths and Legends on Etruscan Coins," and Professor Nancy de Grummond from Florida State University developed the topic "To Hell with the Etruscans."
This year's Huntington Medalist was C‚cile Morrisson of the CNRS, College de France. At the March 18 meeting, the Chairman of the Huntington Medal Award Committee, Mark M. Salton, read the citation. After the presentation of the award, Morrisson delivered an address on "Physics, Economics, and Byzantine Monetary History."
The 1995 Joseph B. and Morton M. Stack Memorial Lecture was delivered by R. W. Julian on April 22. He discussed some of his current research topics including recent work on the Boudinot papers.
This year's David M. Bullowa Memorial Lecture was held on September 16. Professor Robert A. Bauslaugh of Emory University and an alumnus of the Graduate Seminar spoke on "Roman Wars, Greek Money: Silver Coinage in the Types of Aesillas the Quaestor.
MAX BERNHART 1946
RICHARD B. WHITEHEAD 1947
J. W. E. PEARCE 1948
GEORGE C. MILES 1949
C. H. V. SUTHERLAND 1950
HENRI SEYRIG 1952
WALTER HAVERNICK 1953
CHARLES T. SELTMAN 1954
JOHN WALKER 1955
JOCELYN M. C. TOYNBEE 1956
ARTHUR SUHLE 1957
ROBERT I. NESMITH 1958
OSCAR ULRICH-BANSA 1959
HUMBERTO F. BURZIO 1960
MARGARET THOMPSON 1961
PHILIP GRIERSON 1962
JEAN MAZARD 1963
MICHAEL GRANT 1964
ANDREAS ALFOLDI 1965
GEORGE GALSTER 1966
WILLY SCHWABACHER 1967
GEORGES LE RIDER 1968
EMANUELA NO HEJLOVA-PRATOVA 1969
ANNE S. ROBERTSON 1970
PAUL BALOG 1971
H. ENNO VAN GELDER 1972
CHRISTOPEIER E. BLUNT 1973
JEAN LAFAURIE 1974
PIERRE BASTIEN 1975
KENNETH JENKINS 1976
R. A. G. CARSON 1977
ERIC P. NEWMAN 1978
FELIPE MATEU Y LLOPIS 1979
COLIN M. KRAAYe 1980
OTTO MORKHOLM 1981
MICHAEL DOLLEY 1982
HERBERT A. CAHN 1983
PETER BERGHAUS 1984
LEO MILDENBERG 1985
PAUL NASTER 1986
PARMESHWARI LAL GUPTA 1987
BRITA MALMER 1988
PATRICK BRUUN 1989
D. M. METCALF 1991
PETER ROBERT FRANKE 1992
LEANDRE VILLARONGA 1993
J. P. C. KENT 1994
CECILE MORRISSON 1995
Clain-Stefanelli noted the parallels between Shagin's life and those of other artists in her survey of the relationship of medalists, and artists in general, to the social realities of their age. She began with a personal example of how the tumultuous years in the middle of this century had shaped the art around her, and then applied these observations to the art of the medal from the Renaissance to the present.
JAMES E. FRASER 1919
A. A. WEINMAN 1920
JOHN FLANAGAN 1921
VICTOR D. BRENNER 1922
HERMON A. MACNETI 1923
PAUL MANSHIP 1925
LAURA G. FRASER 1926
ANTHONY DEFRANCISCI 1927
EDWARD W. SAWYER 1931
LEE LAWRIE 1937
CHESTER BEACH 1946
HENRY KREIS 1948
C. P. JENNEWEIN 1949
GERTRUDE K. LATHROP 1950
ALBERT LAESSLE 1951
ARUCE MOORE 1952
WALKER HAN C OC K 1953
SIDNEY WAUGH 1954
THEODORE SPICER-SIMSON 1955
THOMAS G. LO MEDICO 1956
ABRAM BELSKIE 1959
BRUNO MANKOWSKI 1960
ROBERT A.WEINMAN 1964
ALBINO MANCA 1966
DONALD DELUE 1967
MICHAEL LANTZ 1968
STANLEY F. MARTINEAU 1969
JOSEPH KISELEWSKI 1970
GRANVILLE W. CARTER 1975
KAREN WORTH 1979
AGOP AGOPOFF 1980
GUIDO VEROI 1983
MARCEL JOVINE 1984
EDWARD R. GROVE 1985
KAUKO RASANEN 1986
JOHN COOK 1987
JIR HARCUBA 1988
KEIICHI URYU 1990
EUGENE DAUB 1991
MICO KAUFMAN 1992
EWA OLSZEWSKA-BORYS 1993
MARIANNE LETTERIE 1994
ALEX SHAGIN
1995
The Graduate Fellowship
Philip L. Mossman, 'The Confederation: Its Times and Money."
A Statistical Study of Production and Distribution."
A 'Missing Link' in the British and Irish Exports of Counterfeit Halfpence."
Philip L. Mossman, ed.. Coinage of the American Confederation Period (1996), in preparation.
Donald G. Partrick, Chair; David L. Ganz; John M. Kleeberg; Allen F. Lovejoy; Eric P. Newman; Anthony J. Terranova; Howard W. Herz; Richard G. Doty.
Philip L. Mossman, Conference Chair; Leslie A. Elam, Conference Coordinator.
