Guest Lecture (Zoom)Inscribing Power in CoinageWed. June 7, 2023

7 June 2023

obverse of one of the first dirhams issued bf Abd al-Rahman I-733x414

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We cordially invite you to our interdisciplinary guest lecture “Inscribing Power in Coinage" on Wed. June 7, 2023, 5 -7 pm (German time) on Zoom. For registration please contact romanislam@uni-hamburg.de(Katharina.Mewes"AT"uni-hamburg.de)

The format comprises the lectures "The Currency of Power in Post-Roman Hispania: Adaptations of the Imperial Model of Coinage" by Andrew Kurt (Clayton State University) and "A new society, a new coinage?" by Alberto José Canto Garcia (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid).

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