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Meshorer Prize, 2013
Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum. (Ancient Coins in North American Collections 8, 2013)
by Ya’akov Meshorer with Gabriela Bijovsky and Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert, and edited by David Hendin and Andrew Meadows
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The INS's Kindler Numismatic Prize was granted on February 11, 2013 to Dr. Donald T. Ariel and Jean-Philippe Fontanille
The prize was awarded for their publication
A Mode Analysis and Die Classification
The ceremony took place ate the Kadman Numismatic Pavilion of the Eretz-Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, followed by a talk by Dr. Ariel on Herod's largest coin.
Dr. Haim Gitler, president of the INS (left), presenting the prize to Donald Ariel (center) and Jean-Philippe Fontanille
Robert Deutsch, head of the Tel-Aviv branch of the INS announces the talk by Dr. Ariel (leaning on lectern). Standing at left are Dr. Ariel's wife and children. At right, Dr. Haim Gitler.
Just Out!
Israel Numismatic Research 7 (2012)
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The Israel Museum's Ya'akov Meshorer Numismatic Prize was granted on January 15, 2013 to our colleague Prof. Alla Kushnir-Stein from Tel Aviv University.
The Meshorer Award diploma was presented by Dr. Haim Gitler, curator of numismatics at the Israel Museum and president of the Israel Numismatic Society, who noted that: “Alla’s work on the numismatics of this land is characterized by a breadth of vision that is unusual. She has an extraordinary grasp of her material: coins and weights (which are much neglected fields but, as she has shown, of enormous potential value for our understanding of the little known institutional history of early Palestine), as well as on the epigraphic, archaeological and literary sources of the period – to all of which she brings a sharp eye, and a sophisticated approach. Her work is uniformly of the highest quality, and that part of it which is devoted to the chronology of the Herodian kings and the eras of the Palestinian Roman cities has become indispensable. She is distinguished in her ability to solve long-running and difficult questions, combining unfailing logic and imagination.”
James Snyder, director of the Israel Museum made introductory remarks reminiscing about Prof. Ya’akov Meshorer and honoring Kushnir-Stein at the ceremony, which was attended by more than 200 people at The Israel Museum. The audience included Prof. Stanley Fisher, governor of the Bank of Israel, as well as members of the Meshorer Family, including Ya’akov Meshorer’s widow, Adaya, their two sons Nitzan and Y’shai, grandchildren, and Meshorer’s identical twin brother Asher, a retired medical researcher at the Weitzman Institute, as well as prominent archaeologists and numismatists.
The Ya’akov Meshorer Numismatic Prize was established in Meshorer’s honor at The Israel Museum in 2001, thanks to the generous donations of numerous friends of the Israel Museum, including Abraham and Marian Sofaer, Maud and Arnold Spaer, David and Jeannie Hendin, Leo Mildenberg and Jeanette and Jonathan Rosen, a numismatic prize was established in Yankele’s honor.
From left: Dr. James Snyder, director of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Prof. Alla Kushnir-Stein, recipient of the Meshorer Prize; Prof. Stanley Fischer, governor of the Bank of Israel; Dr. Haim Gitler, Curator of Numismatics, Israel Museum and president of the Israel Numismatic Society
Prof. Kushnir-Stein receiving the prize from Dr. Haim Gitler. At right, James Snyder
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White Gold: Revealing the World's Earliest Coins
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White Gold: Revealing the World's Earliest Coins
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Just Published:
Donald T. Ariel and J-P Fontanille
The Coins of Herod
A Mode Analysis and Die Classification
History and aims of the Society
The Israel Numismatic Society (INS) was founded in Tel Aviv on May 10, 1945. Its first president was David Nudelman. In 1956 the INS approved a charter, which laid out the objectives and functioning of the society until recently. Since then three branches, in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa, grew up and have conducted regular monthly meetings. A joual on behalf of the INS, the Israel Numismatic Joual, was published, beginning in 1962. With the presidency of Prof. Dan Barag, the joual was reactivated (with Prof. Dan Barag as editor); ten volumes have appeared since 1980. Paralleling the growth of the state, the Israel Numismatic Society has greatly developed from its modest beginnings in 1945 as “The Numismatic Section of the Tel Aviv Circle of Amateurs of Antiquities.” Through the efforts and expertise of several people, from collectors to professors, the Society has advanced mode numismatic research in the small country. Several of its exceptional publications and jouals continue to broaden our understanding of financial and political events throughout Israel’s ancient and mode history. In March 17, 2006 an updated charter was unanimously approved by a general meeting of representatives from all of the branches. This updated charter will ensure that the INS will continue to function efficiently in the coming years.
For the full history of the INS click here
The main objectives of the INS are:
- the advancement and of the study of numismatics in Israel
- the encouragement of numismatic training and research on all levels among Israeli institutions and private individuals
- the administration of and coordination between the INS branches, in which lectures and other activities take place
- the holding of scientific conferences and symposia on numismatic subjects
- the cooperation with sister organizations abroad in general, and with the Commission Inteationale de Numismatique (CIN) in particular
- the collaboration with other Israeli academic organizations in tangential fields
- the publication on a regular basis of a scientific joual and related studies on its behalf.
Activities
The three INS branches in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa conduct monthly meetings, which include lectures by professionals and collectors and seminars presented by the members. In addition, the members use the monthly meetings to exchange information and discuss coins on an informal basis.
The society will hold a plenary session once a year, preceded by a country-wide symposium.
Charter of the INS
Officers of the INS
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