Archaeology · Political History Queens, Crisis, and Coinage at the End of the Sasanian World Coins were more than currency in the pre-modern world. They were among the most public expressions of political authority. In the final decades of the Sasanian Empire, the coinage of female rulers offers a rare glimpse into how authority was asserted amid dynastic crisis and imperial collapse. Jonathan Ouellet • 16-10-2026
Archaeology Flattery and Flans: Imitation in Islamic Numismatics During the Early Islamic Period, a variety of coins emerged from the dying empires of Rome and Iran that helped the local Central Asian economies supply of silver for the next several hundred years. One of these coins was centred around one city that would rise from conquests and continue to thrive. Jonathan Ouellet • 29-04-2022
