Look at the Coins! Papers in Honour of Joe Cribb on his 75th Birthday

Joe Cribb is a world authority in numismatics. He retired in 2010, having worked in the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum for over forty years, the last ten years as head of the department. Since then he has continued his research in Asian numismatics, producing over 40 publications. He is currently Adjunct Professor of Numismatics in the School of History and Culture at Hebei Normal University, Honorary Vice President of the Royal Numismatic Society, and Deputy General Secretary and member of the Editorial Board of the Oriental Numismatic Society. This volume has been prepared for his 75th birthday by friends and colleagues in appreciation of his contribution to the field, and especially for his support and guidance.

Look at the Coins! Auspiciousness in Ancient Chinese Coins Dai Zhiqiang Han Dynasty Gold Currency Unearthed in the Tomb of the Marquis of Haihun, Jiangxi Yao Shuomin A Thousand Glistening Years Silver in the History of Chinese Currency Wu Danmin A New Interpretation of the Jiaxiqian (Coins Containing Tin) of the Song Dynasty Dai Jianbing, Tong Yu, Nan Fang Cast Iron Furnaces of Modern Diplomacy in China: The Department of Iron Coins at Dongtangzi Hutong in Beijing Alex Chengyu Fang The Canton Ransom What Happened to the Six Million Dollars of Silver? Helen Wang A Hoard of Chinese Coins Found in Turkey Franois Thierry Un dpt montaire chinois trouv en Turquie Franois Thierry Coins of Kesh with the Legend X (South Soghd, Second Half of the 1st to the End of the 2nd Centuries AD) Aleksandr Naymark Imperial Ambitions: Coins and Medals of the Two Pahlavi Shahs of Iran Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis The Identity of the Rider on Indo-Greek Coins Simon Glenn The Phonology of Greek Names in Kharoh Script Stefan Baums Questions of Identity and Interpretation, or When is a Parrot a Goose? Elizabeth Errington First-Century AD Coins in Stpa Deposits and the Beginning of the Buddhist Relic Cult in Afghanistan Wannaporn Rienjang A Hoard of Kushan Gold Coins from Swabi Pankaj Tandon Gandhran Jtakas, Avadnas and Prvayogas David Jongeward Notes on Indian Imitations of Kushan Coins Emilia Smagur A New Gold Coin of Vasudeva I with Investiture Scene Gul Rahim Khan and Wasi Ullah Speculation is Futile: Reflections on 30 Years of Studies of Roman Coins Found in India P.J. Turner Interrogating Heraika in the Inscriptions of the Western Deccan (c. 200 BC300 AD) Suchandra Ghosh Preliminary Thoughts on the Peck and Shroff Marks of Sixteenth Century North India Robert Bracey Henry Ernest Stapleton and the Coin Collection in the Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: Impact, Importance and Insight Sutapa Sinha Stamford Raffles Collections: Entangled Objects Alexandra Green Key to the Riddle of Hybrids: a Pendant from Khlong Thom Susmita Basu Majumdar My Mate the Poet Joe Cribb Stephen Sack