Oriental Numismatic Society
The Oriental Numismatic Society is a world-wide network of those interested in Oriental coins and money (collectors, scholars, and enthusiasts).
The Society publishes the Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society, an international journal that is released quarterly to our members worldwide.
The different regional sections of the Society hold meetings around the world at which members can meet and hear talks by collectors, scholars and enthusiasts working on a variety of numismatic topics.
Society Activities
Upcoming Meetings
ONS Quarterly Lecture Series online/worldwide Saturday, 11th October, 2025, 4 pm London time / 11 am New York time.
Your regional secretary
will send you a Zoom link.
Fabrizio Sinisi “The Coinage of the Saka Between Sistan and North-Western India: the First Post-Greek Monetary Pantheon in the Indo-Iranian Borderlands”.
In the period between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD, the numismatic tradition established in Bactria and India by the Greeks gave birth to the coinages of various non-Greek successor dynasties. The Kushan one is certainly the most famous example, itself at the origin of a tradition that became a reference in later periods. Another occurrence is that provided by the coin series of the Saka, which were inaugurated in the early 1st century BC under Vonones and struck for at least a century between Drangiana, later known as Sakastan, and North-Western India.
This lecture will examine the king’s image on the obverses and the iconography of the divine figures on the reverses, highlighting the features of continuity with previous traditions and the new elements, showing how coin imagery can be used as a source for cultural history.
North America Annual Meeting, January 17, 2026, 4pm New York time
A hybrid event held on Zoom with an in person session at the New York International Numismatic Convention in the New York Barclay Hotel’s Astor Suite I.
You do not need to be a member to attend in person.
Oriental Numismatic News
The ONS has awarded the 2024 Ashoka Prize to Dilip Rajgor.
The ONS has awarded the 2024 Steve Cribb Memorial Award to Robert S. Wicks.