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Research paper thumbnail of Money on the Silk Road: Research at the British Museum (Wang et.al. JONS vol.253, 21-30)

JONs, 2023

This paper was originally prepared for a conference in November 2019, but the subsequent publicat... more This paper was originally prepared for a conference in November 2019, but the subsequent publication is not easily available in the UK, so it was reprinted in JONS vol.253. The main body and footnotes of the article remain unchanged and the style of the original has been retained, but the bibliography has been updated, and a postscript has been added at the end to include work since 2019.

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Research paper thumbnail of Interview with famous British numismatist Joe Cribb by Wan Xiang

Gudai Wenming vol 13.4, 2019

Google translation of article published in China interview by Wan Xiang 古代文明 2019年10月 第13卷... more Google translation of article published in China

interview by Wan Xiang

古代文明 2019年10月 第13卷 第4期
The Journal of Ancient Civilizations October 2019 Vol.13 No.4

【跨文明研究】
专访英国著名钱币学家乔·克力勃 万翔 韩雪飞

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Research paper thumbnail of Oriental Numismatic Society 2012 - historical account

An introduction to the Oriental Numismatic Society

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An introduction to the Oriental Numismatic Society

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Research paper thumbnail of The Kushan Connection

A catalog of The Linenthal Collection, pre-Islamic antiquities from Central Asia including pieces... more A catalog of The Linenthal Collection, pre-Islamic antiquities from Central Asia including pieces from BMAC, Greater Iran, Nomadic Peoples, Graeco-Bactrian, Kushan, Sassanian and Hunnic cultures. By Peter Linenthal, editor, and Dr. Ulf Jager. Preface by Sir John Boardman & contributions by Joe Cribb. Coming in 2018.

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Academic roles and publications

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Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian and Kidarite coins by Joe Cribb

Research paper thumbnail of Kushan Coinage and History

Digital Museum, 2021

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Research paper thumbnail of David Jongeward's Kushan Mystique Foreword

Kushan Mystique, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins A Catalogue of Coins From the American Numismatic Society by David Jongeward and Joe Cribb with Peter Donovan

Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins A Catalogue of Coins From the American Numismatic Society by David Jongeward and Joe Cribb with Peter Donovan, Jun 20, 2015

Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins: The Kushan Empire was a vast inland empire that st... more Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins:
The Kushan Empire was a vast inland empire that stretched across Central and South Asia during the first to fourth centuries AD. The origins of Kushan dynasty continue to be debated, and precise dates, especially for the late Kushan kings, remain elusive, but the coinage reveals the Kushan dynasty as a major force in the cultural and political history of the ancient Silk Road.
Kushan coinage began c. AD 50 with issues of the first Kushan king, Kujula Kadphises
(c. AD 50–90). The first Kushan coins were based on Greek, Scythian and Parthian coin designs already current in the territory of present day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Under Kujula Kadphises’ son Wima Takto
(c. AD 91–113) and grandson Wima Kadphises
(c. AD 113–127) the coinage system was gradually centralized to serve the entire Kushan empire, stretching from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to northern India. Gold and copper denominations were established during the reign of Wima Kadphises which were maintained through the reigns of ten more kings until the demise of the Kushan empire in the mid-fourth century AD.
This catalogue presents all the Kushan coins
in the American Numismatic Society, with selected illustrations, detailed descriptions and commentary. The production system of Kushan coinage is presented with major revisions of chronology and organization compared with previous publications. This presentation has been based on the latest coin-based research, including die studies and site find analysis.
The coins are classified by ruler, metal, mint, production phase, denomination, type and variety. Introductory essays present the historical and cultural contexts of the kings and their coins. All the ANS gold coins and a selection of copper coins are illustrated. This catalogue also features two series of coins issued by the Kushano- Sasanian and the Kidarite Hun rulers of former Kushan territory because they followed and adapted the Kushan coinage system.
The authors intend this catalogue to be a tool for scholars and collectors alike for understanding, identifying ,and attributing these fascinating coins that represent four centuries of Central and South Asian ancient history.

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Research paper thumbnail of Numismatic Evidence for Kushano-Sasanian Chronology, St Ir (1990), pp. 151-93, plates I-VIII

Studia Iranica, Jan 1, 1990

This paper should be read in conjunction with my paper on the Kidarite coinages, published in M. ... more This paper should be read in conjunction with my paper on the Kidarite coinages, published in M. Alram, et al. Coins, Art and Chronology II.
Although arguments have been presented by Nicholas Schindel criticising the chronology presented here, he offers nothing of sufficient substance to contradict the basic framework presented here and the Kidarite article.

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Research paper thumbnail of Rediscovering the Kushans, in From Persepolis to the Punjab, by Elizabeth Errington and Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, 2007, pp. 179–210

From Persepolis to the Punjab, by Elizabeth Errington and Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, 2007

An account of the early nineteenth century process of identifying the remains of the Kushan dynas... more An account of the early nineteenth century process of identifying the remains of the Kushan dynasty, through its coins, its inscriptions and references in Chinese and Buddhist texts. Focussing on the contribution of early numismatists, James Tod, Horace Wilson, Charles Masson, James Prinsep and Sir Alexander Cunningham.

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Research paper thumbnail of Numismatic evidence and the date of Kaniṣka I

Problems of Chronology in Gandhāran Art Proceedings of the First International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 23rd-24th March, 2017 Edited by Wannaporn Rienjang Peter Stewart, 2018

The dating of sculpture from Gandhāra and its related regions is a dif cult thing. As there are o... more The dating of sculpture from Gandhāra and its related regions is a dif cult thing. As there are only a handful of sculptures bearing dates, all in unspeci ed eras, any attempts at dating have to rely on a series of understandings, based on archaeological context, material and stylistic analysis, and iconographic development. What is often presumed without comment is the underlying chronological structure which gives such dating a relationship with the eras in use today. This structure has largely been constructed from four sources of evidence: dated inscriptions, numismatic sequences, the scarce references in historical texts, and attempts to match the era used by the Kushans with other Indian eras. Unfortunately the underlying chronological structure built from these has been in a state of ux since it was rst attempted. The proposal made in 2001 by Harry Falk that Kaniṣka I’s rst year was in AD 127, based on the information about the relationship between the Kushan and Śaka eras in an astrological text, the Yavanajātaka by Sphujiddhvaja (Falk 2001), was the rst to call on a relatively contemporary source with concrete evidence. This proposal has become widely accepted, even though its implications have not yet been fully assimilated into the discourse on Gandhāran art. This date has also not yet been applied to the broader chronological structure, as it comes from a different form of evidence. So parts of the chronological structures are still attached to earlier solutions, based on different resolutions of the evidence. This paper attempts to show that the solution reached by Falk from the astrological text can also be demonstrated by recourse to the use of numismatic and inscriptional evidence, thereby suggesting that Falk’s proposal has important implications for solving the problem of Gandhāran chronology and accordingly that of Gandhāran art too.

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Research paper thumbnail of The Soter Megas coins of the first and second Kushan kings, Kujula Kadphises and Wima Takto

Gandharan Studies, vol. 8, 2015

Abstract The anonymous Soter Megas coins of the Kushan period have posed the problem of their at... more Abstract
The anonymous Soter Megas coins of the Kushan period have posed the problem of their attribution since they were first discovered in the early 19th century. This study, based on an examination of over a thousand examples, shows that their issue probably began in the final years of the first Kushan king Kujula Kadphises (c. AD 50 – 90) and continued through the reign of his son and successor Wima Takto (c. AD 90 – 110). All the former attributions are examined and analysed in the light of a new classification based on a re-examination of the coins.
The coins issued without a king’s name after those with the name of the first Kushan king Kujula Kadphises have for long presented a problem for Kushan studies, because, although it is widely agreed that they are Kushan issues, they mostly lack the name of the ruler issuing them. These anonymous coins, referred to in earlier numismatic literature as issues of the ‘nameless king’, are also known as ‘Soter Megas’ coins because of the Greek titles ΣΩΤΗΡ ΜΕΓΑΣ (meaning the Great Saviour, or the Saviour, the Great) which appear on them. These epithets follow the imperial title ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΩΝ (Basileus basileuōn), which literally translates as ‘ruling king’, but is probably meant to represent ‘king of kings’, as it is so translated on bilingual Greek-Prakrit (Kharoshthi) coins of this series (Konow 1929: lxix). This ‘vast and mysterious coinage’ (Rosenfield 1967: 18) has been found in large numbers over an area stretching from north of the Oxus River in current day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, through Afghanistan and Pakistan and into northern India.

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Research paper thumbnail of The Kidarites, the numismatic evidence.pdf

Coins, Art and Chronology II, edited by M. Alram et al., 2010

Presenting the numismatic evidence for the Kidarite Huns in the context of Classical and Chinese ... more Presenting the numismatic evidence for the Kidarite Huns in the context of Classical and Chinese references to this group of Huns in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The evidence shows Kidarite Huns ruling in Bactria/Tokharistan and Gandhara during the second half of the fourth century through to the mid fifth century.

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Research paper thumbnail of Kujula Kadphises and His Title Kushan Yavuga

SINO-PLATONIC PAPERS, 2018

The title 翕侯 or 翖侯 xihou applied to Kujula Kadphises, in Chinese textual sources, and, on the coi... more The title 翕侯 or 翖侯 xihou applied to Kujula Kadphises, in Chinese textual sources, and, on the coins of Kujula Kadphises in the forms yavuga, yaüa or yaü in Gandhari Prakrit and εἰα[ι]οϛ (ēia[i]os) or ζαοοϛ (zaoos) in Greek, is normally rendered in modern scholarship as “yabgu,” from the later Turkish version of the title. This link with the later Turkish term has led some to understand the Kushan title from its Turkish usage as “tribal chief” (e.g. Cribb 1985, p. 146; Salomon 1996, pp. 440–441; Srinavasan 2007, p. 6; Liu 2001, p. 267). In the Turkish context it is used both for the level of authority immediately below the royal title qagan and as a title for the chief of a tribal group. In the Chinese texts relating to the Kushan xihou Kujula Kadphises and other individuals among Inner Asian peoples, it appears to have the former meaning. And it appears to have the same meaning in Kujula Kadphises coin inscriptions.
There has been frequent debate in academic research about the origins of the title, with two widely held positions predominating, one identifying it as a Chinese title, the other as a Central Asian title transcribed into Chinese. Recent publications have outlined the debate, especially the entry for the term jabguya in Encyclopedia Iranica (Sims-Williams and de la Vaissière 2012), which presents the main arguments on both sides and concludes that the term is a Chinese transcription of a title used by the Wusun and Yuezhi peoples of Inner Asia. One of the authors of this note had previously proposed that the term was a Chinese title meaning “allied prince” (Sims-Williams 2002, pp. 229–230). The same position is proposed in his commentary on the Western Regions section of the Hou Han Shu by John Hill (Hill 2009, p. 588).
This paper sets out to examine the use of the term in the Chinese chronicles of the period of the Kushan xihou and in coin and stone inscriptions of Kujula Kadphises to illustrate the function of this title for him (Hou Han Shu 118, 13; Hill 2009, pp. 28–29) and interrogate the contextual evidence from these sources for the meaning of this title and its likely origins.

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Research paper thumbnail of Cribb 2008 Bonn gods

Cribb, J. 2008. ‘The Kushan pantheon’, in C. Luczanits (ed.), Gandhara: The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan: Legends, Monasteries and Paradise, Mainz, 122–5, 145–53., 2008

A view of the Kushan Pantheon, based on numismatic evidence

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Research paper thumbnail of A re-examination of the Buddha images on the coins of King Kanishka, in Studies in Buddhist Art of South Asia, ed. A.K. Narain (Wisconsin) (New Delhi 1985), pp.59-86

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Research paper thumbnail of Gandharan Hoards of Kushano-Sasanian and late Kushan Coppers, in Coin Hoards, vol.VI (1981), pp.93-108

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Research paper thumbnail of The Origin of the Buddha Image-the numismatic evidence, in South Asian Archaeology, 1981 (Cambridge 1984), pp.231-44

South Asian Archaeology 1981, Jan 1, 1984

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Research paper thumbnail of Kanishka's Buddha coins- the official iconography of Sakyamuni and Maitreya, Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies iii (Madison, WI, 1982), pp.79-88

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Research paper thumbnail of Money on the Silk Road: Research at the British Museum (Wang et.al. JONS vol.253, 21-30)

JONs, 2023

This paper was originally prepared for a conference in November 2019, but the subsequent publicat... more This paper was originally prepared for a conference in November 2019, but the subsequent publication is not easily available in the UK, so it was reprinted in JONS vol.253. The main body and footnotes of the article remain unchanged and the style of the original has been retained, but the bibliography has been updated, and a postscript has been added at the end to include work since 2019.

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Research paper thumbnail of Interview with famous British numismatist Joe Cribb by Wan Xiang

Gudai Wenming vol 13.4, 2019

Google translation of article published in China interview by Wan Xiang 古代文明 2019年10月 第13卷... more Google translation of article published in China

interview by Wan Xiang

古代文明 2019年10月 第13卷 第4期
The Journal of Ancient Civilizations October 2019 Vol.13 No.4

【跨文明研究】
专访英国著名钱币学家乔·克力勃 万翔 韩雪飞

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Research paper thumbnail of Oriental Numismatic Society 2012 - historical account

An introduction to the Oriental Numismatic Society

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Research paper thumbnail of Oriental Numismatic Society 2012 - historical account

An introduction to the Oriental Numismatic Society

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Research paper thumbnail of The Kushan Connection

A catalog of The Linenthal Collection, pre-Islamic antiquities from Central Asia including pieces... more A catalog of The Linenthal Collection, pre-Islamic antiquities from Central Asia including pieces from BMAC, Greater Iran, Nomadic Peoples, Graeco-Bactrian, Kushan, Sassanian and Hunnic cultures. By Peter Linenthal, editor, and Dr. Ulf Jager. Preface by Sir John Boardman & contributions by Joe Cribb. Coming in 2018.

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Research paper thumbnail of Joe Cribb CV

Academic roles and publications

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Research paper thumbnail of Kushan Coinage and History

Digital Museum, 2021

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Research paper thumbnail of David Jongeward's Kushan Mystique Foreword

Kushan Mystique, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins A Catalogue of Coins From the American Numismatic Society by David Jongeward and Joe Cribb with Peter Donovan

Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins A Catalogue of Coins From the American Numismatic Society by David Jongeward and Joe Cribb with Peter Donovan, Jun 20, 2015

Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins: The Kushan Empire was a vast inland empire that st... more Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins:
The Kushan Empire was a vast inland empire that stretched across Central and South Asia during the first to fourth centuries AD. The origins of Kushan dynasty continue to be debated, and precise dates, especially for the late Kushan kings, remain elusive, but the coinage reveals the Kushan dynasty as a major force in the cultural and political history of the ancient Silk Road.
Kushan coinage began c. AD 50 with issues of the first Kushan king, Kujula Kadphises
(c. AD 50–90). The first Kushan coins were based on Greek, Scythian and Parthian coin designs already current in the territory of present day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Under Kujula Kadphises’ son Wima Takto
(c. AD 91–113) and grandson Wima Kadphises
(c. AD 113–127) the coinage system was gradually centralized to serve the entire Kushan empire, stretching from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to northern India. Gold and copper denominations were established during the reign of Wima Kadphises which were maintained through the reigns of ten more kings until the demise of the Kushan empire in the mid-fourth century AD.
This catalogue presents all the Kushan coins
in the American Numismatic Society, with selected illustrations, detailed descriptions and commentary. The production system of Kushan coinage is presented with major revisions of chronology and organization compared with previous publications. This presentation has been based on the latest coin-based research, including die studies and site find analysis.
The coins are classified by ruler, metal, mint, production phase, denomination, type and variety. Introductory essays present the historical and cultural contexts of the kings and their coins. All the ANS gold coins and a selection of copper coins are illustrated. This catalogue also features two series of coins issued by the Kushano- Sasanian and the Kidarite Hun rulers of former Kushan territory because they followed and adapted the Kushan coinage system.
The authors intend this catalogue to be a tool for scholars and collectors alike for understanding, identifying ,and attributing these fascinating coins that represent four centuries of Central and South Asian ancient history.

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Research paper thumbnail of Numismatic Evidence for Kushano-Sasanian Chronology, St Ir (1990), pp. 151-93, plates I-VIII

Studia Iranica, Jan 1, 1990

This paper should be read in conjunction with my paper on the Kidarite coinages, published in M. ... more This paper should be read in conjunction with my paper on the Kidarite coinages, published in M. Alram, et al. Coins, Art and Chronology II.
Although arguments have been presented by Nicholas Schindel criticising the chronology presented here, he offers nothing of sufficient substance to contradict the basic framework presented here and the Kidarite article.

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Research paper thumbnail of Rediscovering the Kushans, in From Persepolis to the Punjab, by Elizabeth Errington and Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, 2007, pp. 179–210

From Persepolis to the Punjab, by Elizabeth Errington and Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, 2007

An account of the early nineteenth century process of identifying the remains of the Kushan dynas... more An account of the early nineteenth century process of identifying the remains of the Kushan dynasty, through its coins, its inscriptions and references in Chinese and Buddhist texts. Focussing on the contribution of early numismatists, James Tod, Horace Wilson, Charles Masson, James Prinsep and Sir Alexander Cunningham.

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Research paper thumbnail of Numismatic evidence and the date of Kaniṣka I

Problems of Chronology in Gandhāran Art Proceedings of the First International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 23rd-24th March, 2017 Edited by Wannaporn Rienjang Peter Stewart, 2018

The dating of sculpture from Gandhāra and its related regions is a dif cult thing. As there are o... more The dating of sculpture from Gandhāra and its related regions is a dif cult thing. As there are only a handful of sculptures bearing dates, all in unspeci ed eras, any attempts at dating have to rely on a series of understandings, based on archaeological context, material and stylistic analysis, and iconographic development. What is often presumed without comment is the underlying chronological structure which gives such dating a relationship with the eras in use today. This structure has largely been constructed from four sources of evidence: dated inscriptions, numismatic sequences, the scarce references in historical texts, and attempts to match the era used by the Kushans with other Indian eras. Unfortunately the underlying chronological structure built from these has been in a state of ux since it was rst attempted. The proposal made in 2001 by Harry Falk that Kaniṣka I’s rst year was in AD 127, based on the information about the relationship between the Kushan and Śaka eras in an astrological text, the Yavanajātaka by Sphujiddhvaja (Falk 2001), was the rst to call on a relatively contemporary source with concrete evidence. This proposal has become widely accepted, even though its implications have not yet been fully assimilated into the discourse on Gandhāran art. This date has also not yet been applied to the broader chronological structure, as it comes from a different form of evidence. So parts of the chronological structures are still attached to earlier solutions, based on different resolutions of the evidence. This paper attempts to show that the solution reached by Falk from the astrological text can also be demonstrated by recourse to the use of numismatic and inscriptional evidence, thereby suggesting that Falk’s proposal has important implications for solving the problem of Gandhāran chronology and accordingly that of Gandhāran art too.

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Research paper thumbnail of The Soter Megas coins of the first and second Kushan kings, Kujula Kadphises and Wima Takto

Gandharan Studies, vol. 8, 2015

Abstract The anonymous Soter Megas coins of the Kushan period have posed the problem of their at... more Abstract
The anonymous Soter Megas coins of the Kushan period have posed the problem of their attribution since they were first discovered in the early 19th century. This study, based on an examination of over a thousand examples, shows that their issue probably began in the final years of the first Kushan king Kujula Kadphises (c. AD 50 – 90) and continued through the reign of his son and successor Wima Takto (c. AD 90 – 110). All the former attributions are examined and analysed in the light of a new classification based on a re-examination of the coins.
The coins issued without a king’s name after those with the name of the first Kushan king Kujula Kadphises have for long presented a problem for Kushan studies, because, although it is widely agreed that they are Kushan issues, they mostly lack the name of the ruler issuing them. These anonymous coins, referred to in earlier numismatic literature as issues of the ‘nameless king’, are also known as ‘Soter Megas’ coins because of the Greek titles ΣΩΤΗΡ ΜΕΓΑΣ (meaning the Great Saviour, or the Saviour, the Great) which appear on them. These epithets follow the imperial title ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΩΝ (Basileus basileuōn), which literally translates as ‘ruling king’, but is probably meant to represent ‘king of kings’, as it is so translated on bilingual Greek-Prakrit (Kharoshthi) coins of this series (Konow 1929: lxix). This ‘vast and mysterious coinage’ (Rosenfield 1967: 18) has been found in large numbers over an area stretching from north of the Oxus River in current day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, through Afghanistan and Pakistan and into northern India.

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Research paper thumbnail of The Kidarites, the numismatic evidence.pdf

Coins, Art and Chronology II, edited by M. Alram et al., 2010

Presenting the numismatic evidence for the Kidarite Huns in the context of Classical and Chinese ... more Presenting the numismatic evidence for the Kidarite Huns in the context of Classical and Chinese references to this group of Huns in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The evidence shows Kidarite Huns ruling in Bactria/Tokharistan and Gandhara during the second half of the fourth century through to the mid fifth century.

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Research paper thumbnail of Kujula Kadphises and His Title Kushan Yavuga

SINO-PLATONIC PAPERS, 2018

The title 翕侯 or 翖侯 xihou applied to Kujula Kadphises, in Chinese textual sources, and, on the coi... more The title 翕侯 or 翖侯 xihou applied to Kujula Kadphises, in Chinese textual sources, and, on the coins of Kujula Kadphises in the forms yavuga, yaüa or yaü in Gandhari Prakrit and εἰα[ι]οϛ (ēia[i]os) or ζαοοϛ (zaoos) in Greek, is normally rendered in modern scholarship as “yabgu,” from the later Turkish version of the title. This link with the later Turkish term has led some to understand the Kushan title from its Turkish usage as “tribal chief” (e.g. Cribb 1985, p. 146; Salomon 1996, pp. 440–441; Srinavasan 2007, p. 6; Liu 2001, p. 267). In the Turkish context it is used both for the level of authority immediately below the royal title qagan and as a title for the chief of a tribal group. In the Chinese texts relating to the Kushan xihou Kujula Kadphises and other individuals among Inner Asian peoples, it appears to have the former meaning. And it appears to have the same meaning in Kujula Kadphises coin inscriptions.
There has been frequent debate in academic research about the origins of the title, with two widely held positions predominating, one identifying it as a Chinese title, the other as a Central Asian title transcribed into Chinese. Recent publications have outlined the debate, especially the entry for the term jabguya in Encyclopedia Iranica (Sims-Williams and de la Vaissière 2012), which presents the main arguments on both sides and concludes that the term is a Chinese transcription of a title used by the Wusun and Yuezhi peoples of Inner Asia. One of the authors of this note had previously proposed that the term was a Chinese title meaning “allied prince” (Sims-Williams 2002, pp. 229–230). The same position is proposed in his commentary on the Western Regions section of the Hou Han Shu by John Hill (Hill 2009, p. 588).
This paper sets out to examine the use of the term in the Chinese chronicles of the period of the Kushan xihou and in coin and stone inscriptions of Kujula Kadphises to illustrate the function of this title for him (Hou Han Shu 118, 13; Hill 2009, pp. 28–29) and interrogate the contextual evidence from these sources for the meaning of this title and its likely origins.

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Research paper thumbnail of Cribb 2008 Bonn gods

Cribb, J. 2008. ‘The Kushan pantheon’, in C. Luczanits (ed.), Gandhara: The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan: Legends, Monasteries and Paradise, Mainz, 122–5, 145–53., 2008

A view of the Kushan Pantheon, based on numismatic evidence

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Research paper thumbnail of A re-examination of the Buddha images on the coins of King Kanishka, in Studies in Buddhist Art of South Asia, ed. A.K. Narain (Wisconsin) (New Delhi 1985), pp.59-86

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Research paper thumbnail of Gandharan Hoards of Kushano-Sasanian and late Kushan Coppers, in Coin Hoards, vol.VI (1981), pp.93-108

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Research paper thumbnail of The Origin of the Buddha Image-the numismatic evidence, in South Asian Archaeology, 1981 (Cambridge 1984), pp.231-44

South Asian Archaeology 1981, Jan 1, 1984

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Research paper thumbnail of Kanishka's Buddha coins- the official iconography of Sakyamuni and Maitreya, Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies iii (Madison, WI, 1982), pp.79-88

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Research paper thumbnail of The early Kushan kings: new evidence for chronology-Evidence from the Rabatak inscription of Kanishka I, in Coins, Art and Chronology, Essays on the Pre-Islamic History of the Indo-Iranian Borderlands, ed. M. Alram and D.E. Klimburg-Salter (Vienna 1999), pp.177-205

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Research paper thumbnail of A new Bactrian inscription of Kanishka the Great, in Silk Road Art and Archaeology, vol.4 (Kamakura 1995/6), pp.76-142 (with N.Sims-Williams)

This paper represents the first publication of the Rabatak inscription. The transcription and tra... more This paper represents the first publication of the Rabatak inscription. The transcription and translation have subsequently been improved by Nicholas Sims Williams fter his direct examination of the stone inscription in Kabul. He published his new reading in Bulletin of the Asia Institute vol. 18, 2008, 'The Bactrian Inscription of Rabatak: a New Reading', pp. 53–68. The coins of Wima Takto have been substantially re-examined by my article on Soter Megas coins, so on this site.

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Research paper thumbnail of The Heraus Coins: Their Attribution to the Kushan King Kujula Kadphises, c. AD 30-80

Essays in Honour of Robert Carson and Kenneth …, Jan 1, 1993

This article presents the evidence for the dating of the Heraus coinage, and therefore also the d... more This article presents the evidence for the dating of the Heraus coinage, and therefore also the dating of the Kalchayan bagolango (royal temple).
This article was written at a time when the date of Kanishka I and Azes I were still debated. In the light of more recent research the date of Kujula Kadphises should be later, c. AD 50-90.

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Research paper thumbnail of A new coin of Vima Kadphises, kiing of the Kushans, in Coins, Culture and History in the Ancient World, Essays in Honour of Prof. B Trell (New York), ed. L. Casson and M.J.Price (Detroit 1981), pp.29-37

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Research paper thumbnail of Kanishka I's Buddha image coins revisited, in Silk Road Art and Archaeology, vol.6 (Kamakura 1999/2000), pp.151-89

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Research paper thumbnail of Shiva images on Kushan and Kushano-Sasanian coins, in Studies in Silk Road Coins and Culture, Papers in Honour of Professor Ikuo Hirayama on his 65th Birthday, ed. K. Tanabe, J.Cribb and H.Wang (Kamakura 1997), pp.11-66

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Research paper thumbnail of The Bimaran Casket: The Problem of Its Date and Significance, abstract

Relics and Relic Worship in Early Buddhism: India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Burma, Edited by Janice Stargardt and Michael Willis, 2018

Abstract The gold reliquary with images of the Buddha and associated gods found by Charles Masson... more Abstract
The gold reliquary with images of the Buddha and associated gods found by Charles Masson in 1834 in Bimaran Stupa no. 2, in Darunta district, west of Jalalabad, has since been used by scholars as a tool for understanding the chronology and influences of Gandharan art and the origins of the Buddha image. The scholarly discussion of the significance of the Bimaran gold reliquary is reviewed in this chapter as a historical process and as a discourse on the relative values of archaeological, numismatic and art- historical evidence. The transformation of application of this evidence since 1992 has created a new understanding of the value of the reliquary in addressing the key questions concerning the early history of the Buddha image, and has moved towards clarification of the significance of the reliquary itself.

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Research paper thumbnail of Dating the Bimaran Casket – its Conflicted Role in the Chronology of Gandharan Art

A survey of the scholarship relating to the Bimaran Casket, found in Afghanistan in 1834 by Charl... more A survey of the scholarship relating to the Bimaran Casket, found in Afghanistan in 1834 by Charles Masson and now housed in the British Museum. This gold reliquary has been at the cetre of the debate about the chronology of Gandharan Art since the late nineteenth century, prompting claims that the images of the Buddha on it are the earliest representations of the Buddha. Discourse has continued to the present day, with varying views about its date and relevance to the chronology of Buddhist imagery.

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Research paper thumbnail of DATING AND LOCATING MUJATRIA AND THE TWO KHARAHOSTES

Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society, volume 223 http://orientalnumismaticsociety.org/ons\_journal, 2015

Abstract: This reappraisal of the coins of the satraps Kharahostes, son of Arta[sa], and Mujatri... more Abstract:
This reappraisal of the coins of the satraps Kharahostes, son of Arta[sa], and Mujatria, son of Kharahostes, shows that their domain was in the region of Jalalabad in Afghanistan and that they were ruling during the period of the first Kushan king, Kujula Kadphises, and their satrapy ceased issuing coins in the period of the second Kushan king, Wima Takto. The Kharahostes who appears in the Mathura lion capital appears to have been a separate person with no clear connection with the son of Arta[sa]. This interpretation has been reinforced by the recent discovery of a coin of Kharahostes reigning as satrap at Mathura. Both Kharahostes can now be dated in the late first century AD, ruling just before the Kushan conquest of
their domains.

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Research paper thumbnail of The end of Greek coinage in Bactria and India and its evidence for the Kushan coinage system, in Studies in Greek Numismatics in Memory of Martin Jessop Price, ed. R. Ashton and S. Hunter (Spink &Son Ltd, London 1998), pp.83-98, plates 21-23

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Research paper thumbnail of SINO-KHAROSHTHI COINS OF KUCHA: A NEW DISCOVERY Joe Cribb with Zhou Ti, Mitsuda Norifumi, and Chris Liu

Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society no 239, 2020

Newly discovered 1st century AD coins issued by the kingdom of Kucha.

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Research paper thumbnail of CHARLES MASSON’S FINDS FROM BEGRAM AND IDENTIFYING THE ISLAMIC MINT OF FARWĀN

Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society, 2019

The mint of Farwan in Afghanistan issued coins from the time of the Islamic conquest of the regio... more The mint of Farwan in Afghanistan issued coins from the time of the Islamic conquest of the region in the ninth century until the city was destroyed by the Mongols in the thirteenth century. The coins collected at Begram by Charles Masson in the 1830s throw a detailed light on the coins of the city during this period and suggest the attribution of many mint-less coins to this mint.

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Research paper thumbnail of FIFTH CENTURY SASANIAN COINS FOUND IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE, SOUTHERN CHINA Joe Cribb

Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society vol. 236, 2019

Guangdong finds of Sasanian coins from Iran, corrected version. Due to editorial changes there we... more Guangdong finds of Sasanian coins from Iran, corrected version. Due to editorial changes there were errors in the listing of coins, which are corrected in this version.

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Research paper thumbnail of Fifth Century Sasanian Coins Found in Guangdong Province, Southern China

Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society, 2019

Finds of Iranian Sasanian coins in southern China provide evidence of the maritime trade between ... more Finds of Iranian Sasanian coins in southern China provide evidence of the maritime trade between the Persian Gulf and ports in southern China during the late fifth to early sixth century

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Research paper thumbnail of Coinage in Afghanistan in late seventh to early 8th century

An examination of coinage north and south of the Hindu-Kush used and issued by the local kingdoms... more An examination of coinage north and south of the Hindu-Kush used and issued by the local kingdoms of Guzgan and Zabulistan

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Research paper thumbnail of Silk Road coins- the Hirayama collection, British Museum Magazine no.13 (Spring 1993), p.21

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Research paper thumbnail of Numismatic perspectives on chronology in the Crossroads of Asia, in Gandharan Art in Context-East-West Exchanges at the Crossroads of Asia (ed. E. Errington, N. Keitman, R. Allchin and B. Allchin), Ancient India and Iran Trust (New Delhi 1997), pp.215-30

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Research paper thumbnail of Money as a Marker of Cultural Continuity and Change in Central Asia

After Alexander: Central Asia before Islam, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of The Greek Kingdom of Bactria, its Coinage and its Collapse.

Afghanistan ancien carrefour entre l'est et l'ouest, Brepols 2005

Discussion of the chronology of the end of Greek rule in Bactria on basis of numismatic evidence,... more Discussion of the chronology of the end of Greek rule in Bactria on basis of numismatic evidence, with discussion of dating of the Greek Era, c. 174 BC and the Azes Era c. 46 BC

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Research paper thumbnail of Potts and Cribb 1995 - Sasanian and Arab-Sasanian coins from eastern Arabia

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Research paper thumbnail of Numismatic Perspectives on Chronology in the Crossroads of Asia

paper at the Crossroads of Asia Conference, …, Jan 1, 1992

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Research paper thumbnail of Indo-Scythian silver coins from Pakistan

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Research paper thumbnail of Early Indian History, essay on evidence for chronology of northern India c. 100 BC-AD 300

Buddhist Reliquaries from Ancient India by Michael Willis, Jan 1, 2000

The chronology in this paper should be adjusted to take account of the redating of Kanishka era y... more The chronology in this paper should be adjusted to take account of the redating of Kanishka era year 1 to AD 127 (Falk) and Azes era year 1 to 46 or 47 BC, see Cribb 2005 (http://www.academia.edu/3026258/The_Greek_Kingdom_of_Bactria_its_Coinage_and_its_Collapse). Also see Falk and Bennett (http://www.academia.edu/349875/Macedonian_Intercalary_Months_and_the_Era_of_Azes): CB personal message: Since the Azes era autumn-based year 1 is 48/7 while the spring-based is 47/6, the overlap year of 47 is the better approximation; AD 127 is the better approximation for 1 Kanishka for the same reason. Similarly, if 1 Yavana era started in both spring and autumn based 175/4, i.e. the two systems are in the opposite phase to the Azes calendar years, then 175 is the better Julian approximation for year 1 Yavana era.

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Research paper thumbnail of The Crossroads of Asia: transformation in image and symbol in the art of ancient Afghanistan and Pakistan

"(contributor/editor with J. Cribb) Cambridge 1992."

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Research paper thumbnail of The Sino-Kharosthi coins of Khotan. Their attribution and relevance to Kushan chronology (Part 1)

Numismatic Chronicle, Jan 1, 1984

... | Ayuda. The Sino-Kharosthi coins of Khotan. Their attribution and relevance to Kushan chrono... more ... | Ayuda. The Sino-Kharosthi coins of Khotan. Their attribution and relevance to Kushan chronology (Part 1). Autores: Joe Cribb; Localización: Numismatic Chronicle, ISSN 0078-2696, Nº. 144, 1984 , pags. 128-152. © 2001-2010 ...

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Research paper thumbnail of The Earliest Ganesa: A Case of Mistaken Identity

Numismatic Digest, Jan 1, 1982

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Research paper thumbnail of GANDHĀRAN STUDIES Centre for Gandhāran and Buddhist Studies

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Research paper thumbnail of Curious Vaishnavite coins from Gandhāra

Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society 256, 2024

The recent discovery in Pakistan of coins depicting Vaishnava imagery relating to Varāha, the boa... more The recent discovery in Pakistan of coins depicting Vaishnava imagery relating to Varāha, the boar incarnation of Vishnu, throws light on similar coins acquired by the British Museum in the 1920s. The imagery and context of these coins suggests they are coins issued under the Hindu Shahi rulers of Gandhāra in the ninth century. The identity of their issuers is not known, perhaps local Shahi rulers or previously unknown Shahi kings. 1 Since the completion of this article a piece struck from these dies has been offered in the CNG electronic auction 557 (6.3.2024), lot 206, 2.22 grams, 19.5 millimetres).

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Research paper thumbnail of The Greek Contacts of Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka and their Relevance to Mauryan and Buddhist Chronology

FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL, Prof. A.K. Narain Commemoration Volume, Papers in Asian History and Culture (In Three Volumes), edited by Kamal Sheel, Charles Willemen and Kenneth Zysk, Buddhist World Press Delhi-110 052 , 2017

A challenge to the accepted wisdom concering the chronology of the Buddha, Ashoka and Chandragupt... more A challenge to the accepted wisdom concering the chronology of the Buddha, Ashoka and Chandragupta Maurya.

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Research paper thumbnail of Investigating the introduction of coinage in India- a review of recent research, Journal of the Numismatic Society of India xlv (Varanasi 1983), pp.80-101.

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Research paper thumbnail of Dating India's earliest coins, in South Asian Archaeology, 1983 (Naples 1985), ed. M. Taddei and J. Schotsmans, pp.535-54

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Research paper thumbnail of Dating India's earliest coins

South Asian Archaeology 1983, Jan 1, 1985

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Research paper thumbnail of The Indian coinage tradition: origins, continuity and change

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Research paper thumbnail of India's Earliest Coins, in Coin Hoards, vol.VII (1985), pp.278-281

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Research paper thumbnail of The Origins of the Indian Coinage Tradition

South Asian Studies, Jan 1, 2003

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Research paper thumbnail of Punch-marked coins-approaches to new research, Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 146 (Autumn 1995), pp.7-8

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Research paper thumbnail of Bangladesh : Pre-Islamic coinage 3rd century BC-13th century AD, in Art of Ganges delta, Masterpieces from Bangladeshi Museums) pp.45-48.

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Research paper thumbnail of The earliest Ganesa-a case of mistaken identity, Numismatic Digest, vol. VI (Bombay 1982), pp.30-34

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Research paper thumbnail of Numismatic evidence for the date of the Periplus, in Indian Numismatics, History, Art and Culture, Essays in Honour of Dr P.L. Gupta, ed. D.W. MacDowall, S Sharma and S. Garg (Agam Kala Prakashan, Delhi 1992), pp.309-19 (with P.Turner)

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Research paper thumbnail of Western Satraps and Satavahanas: Old and New Ideas of Chronology, in Ex Moneta, Essays on Numismatics, History and Archaeology in Honour of D.W. Macdowell, ed. A.K. Jha and S.Garg (Nashik 1998), pp.151-64

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Research paper thumbnail of Michael Willis, Buddhist Reliquaries from Ancient India with contributions by Joe Cribb and Julia Shaw

Indo-iranian Journal, 2001

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Research paper thumbnail of Buddhist Reliquaries From Ancient India, by M. Willis

Les réunions assistées par informatique : l'apport du mind-mapping (Collection Managemen... more Les réunions assistées par informatique : l'apport du mind-mapping (Collection Management et informatique) Les méthodes d'animation de réunion n'ont pas beaucoup évolué ces dernières années. Ce livre présente plusieurs innovations et opportunités de ruptures basées sur ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Indian zinc coins, a series from North-western India (Kangra?), Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society, vol. 219, 2014, pp. 22–26.

A group of zinc coins in the British Museum are classified and an attempt is made to attribute th... more A group of zinc coins in the British Museum are classified and an attempt is made to attribute them on the basis of types, shape and find spots and known sources of zinc ore and evidence of zinc distillation. They appear to relate to the Himalayan kingdom of Kangra in the fourteenth century or later.

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Research paper thumbnail of A newly discovered pattern of George V King Emperor and the development of cupro-nickel coinage in India, Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 144 (Spring 1995), pp.11-13

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Research paper thumbnail of The East India Company Arkat rupee of Muhammed Shah, a possible candidate?, Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin (London 1978), pp. 240-241

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Research paper thumbnail of Early Medieval Kashmir Coinage – A New Hoard and An Anomaly

Early Medieval Kashmir Coinage, Apr 2017

The recent discovery of a hoard of debased gold coins with the names of four early Kashmir Kings,... more The recent discovery of a hoard of debased gold coins with the names of four early Kashmir Kings, Tujina, Pravarasena, Meghama and Toramana, invites a reappraisal of the early coinage of Kashmir, from post-Kushan issues to the beginnings of its medieval coinage. The progression of issues from the late Kushan period until the issues of these four kings presents an anomaly in the previous accounts of early Kashmir coinage, as the sequence created for early Kashmir coinage excludes from the series a group of coins attributed to Kashmir since the late nineteenth century. The excluded coins appear to have been issued in the Punjab and further east. The new hoard also exposes the chronological problems of using the Rajatangini in constructing a chronology for Kashmir before the ninth century.

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Research paper thumbnail of TWO CURIOUS 'KIDARITE' COIN TYPES FROM 5 TH CENTURY KASHMIR by Joe Cribb and Karan Singh

JONS, 2017

A group of copper coins of the Hun period in Kashmir add a new insight to the history of Kashmir

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Research paper thumbnail of Coins of the Kashmir King Harshadeva (AD 1089–1101) in the light of the 'Gujranwalal' hoard

Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society 208, 2011

A hoard of silver coins of Medieval Kashmir coins provided an insight into the history reported i... more A hoard of silver coins of Medieval Kashmir coins provided an insight into the history reported in the Rajatarangini

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Research paper thumbnail of The Burger Collection of Chinese coin charms

Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society 254, 2023

Abstract The collection of Chinese coin-shaped charms and amulets collected by Werner Burger, the... more Abstract The collection of Chinese coin-shaped charms and amulets collected by Werner Burger, the renowned expert on Qing dynasty coins and monetary history was recently sold in auction in Hong Kong (Spink, 13 April 2023). This article explains the importance of his collection and how it fits into the history of coin collecting in China. His collection reveals how he set about collecting Chinese coin charms and amulets and the range of the collection, its rarities and particularly the regionally produced examples.

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Research paper thumbnail of A Chinese coin found in the medieval town of Handoga (Djibouti)

Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society 254, 2023

A Chinese coin of the eleventh century found at an archaeological site in Djibouti at the mouth o... more A Chinese coin of the eleventh century found at an archaeological site in Djibouti at the mouth of the Red Sea illustrates the international trade of the Indian Ocean. It was found in an excavated context at a location on trade routes from the Red Sea coast to the hinterland. Viewed in the context of Chinese coins being exported to sites around the Indian Ocean, this coin probably arrived at this location between the thirteenth and early fifteenth centuries.

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Research paper thumbnail of CHINESE COIN FOUND AT KOTTAPATNAM, NELLORE DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH

Numismatic Digest, 1999

Kottapatnam was a seaport on the east coast of India. The fact that it was trading with China is... more Kottapatnam was a seaport on the east coast of India. The fact that it was trading with China is proved by some finds of Chinese coins at this place. The coin could be dated to Yongle period (1403-24), identified as an issue of the Ming Dynasty emperor Taizong. It is a copper issue with a square hole in the middle. The inscription reads Yongle tongbao.

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Creating a classification system from surviving examples. Using serial numbers and archives to ... more Creating a classification system from surviving examples.

Using serial numbers and archives to assess
number of notes printed and issued.

Observations on the sequence of printing plates created
using the plate to roller to plate transfer system,
with variations in use of geometric lathe.

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Research paper thumbnail of The Chinese Cash: Composition and Production, in Metallurgy in Numismatics, vol.3 (with M. Cowell et al.) (Royal Numismatic Society, London 1993), pp.185-196

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Research paper thumbnail of Far Eastern Series, in Department of Coins and Medals: New Acquisitions no. 1 (1976-1977), BM Occasional Paper no.25, ed. E. Besly (London 1981), pp.69-82

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Research paper thumbnail of Some hoards of Spanish silver coins of the seventeenth century found in Fukien Province, China, in Coin Hoards, vol.III (London 1977), pp.180-84

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Research paper thumbnail of A parcel of Chinese republican cash, in Coin Hoards, vol. VII (London 1985), pp.340-344

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Research paper thumbnail of A group of Chinese forgeries overstruck on Korean coins, Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin ( London 1977), pp.87-92

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Research paper thumbnail of An historical survey of the precious metal currencies of China, Numismatic Chronicle, vol. 139 (London 1979), pp. 185-209, plates 27-29

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Research paper thumbnail of Far East: A Survey of Numismatic Research, 1972-1977, ed. R.A.G Carson et al. (Berne 1979), pp.480-91

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Research paper thumbnail of Far East: A Survey of Numismatic Research, 1978-1984, ed. MJ. Price et al. (London 1986), pp. 784-832

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Research paper thumbnail of Chinese currency, Journal of the London Numismatic Society, vol. VI (London 1981), pp.414-418

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Research paper thumbnail of Chinese Hoards in Coin Hoards, London Vol.IV (1978), nos 213, 214 and 257-338

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Research paper thumbnail of Chinese coins in Coin Hoards, London, Vol.V (1979)

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Research paper thumbnail of An unpublished pattern of the Nanking Mint, China in Galata (Wolverhampton, June 1977), pp.1-2

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Research paper thumbnail of Script Styles used on Traditional Chinese Coins, Oriental Numismatic Society Occasional Paper no.18 (Reading 1984), pp.32

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Research paper thumbnail of Re-reading a Silver Coin of Ancient Arakan and the Chronology of the Chandra Kings

Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society, 2022

In this paper name of the king on a Chandra dynasty coin, earlier read as 'Raja Chandra' has been... more In this paper name of the king on a Chandra dynasty coin, earlier read as 'Raja Chandra' has been re-read as 'Raja Tahn' or 'Raja Tahyon'. Also chronology of the Chandra Kings have been discussed.

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Research paper thumbnail of Raffles's magic coins, in The Golden Sword - Stamford Raffles and the East, ed. Nigel Barley (BM Press, London 1999), pp.44-60

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Research paper thumbnail of A hoard of Cambodian coins, in Coin Hoards, vol.VI (London 1981), pp.129-38

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Research paper thumbnail of The date of the symbolical coins of Burma and Thailand: a re-examination of the evidence, Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin (London 1981), pp. 224-6

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Research paper thumbnail of The introduction of European-style coins in Cambodia, Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin (London 1982), pp.45-50 and 86-95

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Research paper thumbnail of Dating South East Asia's earliest coins, in Deyadharma, Papers in Memory of Professor D.C. Sircar, ed. G. Bhattacharya (Berlin) (New Delhi 1986), pp. 111-28, plates 1-4

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Research paper thumbnail of Some numismatic fantasies from Indonesia, Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter (June 1981), pp.1-4

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Research paper thumbnail of A hoard of Cambodian coins, in Coin Hoards, Vol. VI, London, 1981, pp. 129–138.

Publishes a hoard of Cambodian coins from the 19th century in the British Museum collection. Incl... more Publishes a hoard of Cambodian coins from the 19th century in the British Museum collection. Includes a survey of Cambodian coinage from the 16-19th century.

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Research paper thumbnail of South-East Asia Joe Cribb: Magic coins of Java, Bali and the Malay Peninsula: thirteenth to twentieth centuries—a catalogue based on the Raffles collection of coin-shaped charms from Java in the British Museum. 208 pp., 80 plates. London: British Museum Press 1999. £75

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Research paper thumbnail of Magic Coins of Java, Bali, and the Malay Peninsula: Thirteenth to Twentieth Centuries: a Catalog Based on the Raffles Collection of Coin-shaped Charms …

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Research paper thumbnail of First Coin of Ancient Khmer Kingdom Discovered

Summary. A newly discovered coin of ancient Cambodia, issued by king Īśanavarman (Ishanavarman) I... more Summary. A newly discovered coin of ancient Cambodia, issued by king Īśanavarman (Ishanavarman) I, c. AD 611–635, reveals many insights into the history of ancient Cambodia and its international connections. The coin copies its designs from a gold coin originating from the kingdom of Samatata in south eastern Bangladesh, issued by a contemporary king Śaśānka, c. AD 590–637. The new coin shows the Khmer king to be a worshipper of the Indian god Śiva, sharing his religious beliefs with kings across northern India. The new coin also contributes to the debate on the chronology of the introduction of coinage in South East Asia.

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Research paper thumbnail of Dating South East Asia's earliest coins

Deyadharm, ed. G. Bhattacharjee, Delhi: Swad Guru …, Jan 1, 1986

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Research paper thumbnail of The Introduction of European Style Coins in Cambodia

Documenting the coins of king Ang Duong, issued in 1853, the first machine made coins issued in C... more Documenting the coins of king Ang Duong, issued in 1853, the first machine made coins issued in Cambodia. All coins known to the author in 1982 are listed. Further examples have been seen since

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Research paper thumbnail of The Uniface Coinage of Cambodia 16–19th century

Revue Asiatique Numismatique vol. 23 – Special issue Cambodia, 2017

From the sixteenth to the nineteenth century Cambodia’s coinage consisted of small silver unifac... more From the sixteenth to the nineteenth century Cambodia’s coinage consisted of small silver uniface coins with animal or vegetal designs. These coins continue to defy detailed attribution as their designs are without inscriptions and the images on them cannot be interpreted to indicate the time or place of issue. This study sets out to analyse the information available from Cambodian royal chronicles and from foreign accounts of Cambodian money to create a background for the early history of the coinage and to collect data from the coins themselves, such as variations in design and weight standards towards creating a framework for further study.

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An exploration of the historical evidence from the middle east of the early history of money.

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Incluye índice. Incluye bibliografía. Obra sobre la historia del dinero, comenzando por el desarr... more Incluye índice. Incluye bibliografía. Obra sobre la historia del dinero, comenzando por el desarrollo de sistemas monetarios en las antiguas civilizaciones de Mesopotamia y Egipto, el establecimiento de la acuñación de monedas en Grecia y Roma. Después se revisan los sistemas ...

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This paper was originally prepared for the international workshop 'Chinese Civilization on the Silk Road' hosted by Professor Rong Xinjiang at Peking University, 9-10 November 2019. The proceedings were published in Rong Xinjiang (ed.-in-chief), Sichou zhi lu shang de Zhonghua wenming (Chinese Civilization on the Silk Road), Beijing, The Commercial Press, 2022. As this volume is not easily available in the UK, we requested and were granted permission to republish it in JONS. The main body and footnotes of the article remain unchanged and the style of the original has been retained, but the bibliography has been updated, and a postscript has been added at the end to include work since 2019.

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