The essay ‘The Thera/1910 hoard: a contribution to the history of Mesa Gonia, Santorini’ by Vasiliki Penna was published posthumously. It consists the third issue of the series Memoranda Numismatica Atheniensia (MNA), a co-publication by the Benaki Museum and KIKPE.
The KIKPE Numismatic Collection participated in the course which was organized by the British School at Athens and took place at the Benaki Museum (with a visit of the participants and a presentation of the Collection).
The essay ‘Monetary portraiture in the northern Black Sea littoral’ by Sergei A. Kovalenko is now out. It consists the second issue of the series Memoranda Numismatica Atheniensia (MNA), a co- publication by the Benaki Museum and the KIKPE foundation.
Yannis Stoyas (Researcher Curator, KIKPE Numismatic Collection) participated in the program “Can Byzantium become attractive? The Greek Middle Ages through the eyes of specialists” (Institute of Historical Research / National Hellenic Research Foundation). Within this framework he presented to pupils of the second grade of the Junior High School the topic “Metals and minting techniques of Byzantine coins”. Link: http://www.arsakeio.gr/gr/ekali/ekali-junior-high-b/events-activities/36355-to-nomisma-sto- byzantio-9
Presentation of the English catalogue of the homonymous exhibition Heads and Tails – Tales and Bodies: Engraving the Human Figure from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period at the Pushkin Museum (Moscow).
The KIKPE foundation and the Benaki Museum launched the joint publication of a new numismatic series under the title Memoranda Numismatica Atheniensia (MNA), which is planned to appear annually. The first issue showcases the essay ‘L’incomparable beauté des monnaies grecques. Les raisons qui fondent leur admiration’ by Dr François de Callataÿ.
