The Planchet

This episode’s guest is numismatist and author Cathy Lorber, whose monumental new work, Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire, Part II, Ptolemy V through Cleopatra VII is now available to order. Lorber holds a BA in Classical Greek from UCLA. She spent nearly 40 years as a cataloguer in commercial numismatics, from the early 1970s until […]

Elena Stolyarik and John Kleeberg join the Planchet podcast to talk about their new book to be published by the ANS in September, Scythians and Greeks on the Western Black Sea: The Coinage of the Kings of Scythia Minor in Dobruja, 218/212–110 BCE. Both guests have a long history with the ANS: Elena recently retired […]

For over half a century, The American Numismatic Society, a scholarly organization and museum of coins, money, and economic history, has offered select graduate students and junior faculty the opportunity to work hands-on with its preeminent numismatic collections. With over three-quarters of a million objects, the collection is particularly strong in Greek, Roman, Islamic, Far [�

Carole Raddato is a photographer and world traveller who since 2012 has been following in the steps of the Roman Emperor Hadrian and has visited more than 1,000 sites, museums, and exhibitions. She writes about her expeditions on her popular blog, Following Hadrian, and posts images of the art and architecture of Hadrian from around […]

Today’s guest is archaeologist and numismatist François de Callataÿ whose latest book, Numismatic Antiquarianism through Correspondence (16th–18th c.): In the Margins of the Project Fontes Inediti Numismaticae Antiquae (FINA) was published by the American Numismatic Society (and is now available to purchase). In this episode, we talk about what “numismatic antiquarianism”

Today’s guest is journalist and historian Eric Brothers who is breathing new life into numismatic writing. His recent articles have appeared in Financial History and since 2006 he has written regularly for the Numismatist. The ANS published his debut article in ANS Magazine in 2022, “The Sham of American Bimetallism”, and he is currently working […]

We start Season 4 of The Planchet podcast with a very special guest: Ventris Gibson, the 40th Director of the US Mint. Gibson is the first African-American to serve as Director, and is the 7th woman to serve in this position. Director Gibson is a U.S. Navy veteran who joined the Mint from the District […]

Christopher R. McDowell is a lifelong numismatist and recognized expert in the area of colonial coinage and medals. He is the author of Abel Buell and the History of the Connecticut and Fugio Coinages along with several award-winning articles on American colonial coins and medals. An ANS Fellow, Chris is also the editor of the Journal of […]

Dr. Waleed Ziad is Assistant Professor and Ali Jarrahi Fellow in Persian Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His newest book, published by the American Numismatic Society in 2022, is: In the Treasure Room of the Sakra King: Votive Coinage from Gandhāran Shrines. In this episode […]

Dr. T. Corey Brennan is a professor of Classics at Rutgers University. His newest book, published by Oxford University Press on October 3, 2022, is: The Fasces: A History of Ancient Rome’s Most Dangerous Political Symbol. In this episode of the Planchet, we talk about the new book, the iconography of the fasces, and its […]