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
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.
Tentative Meeting Program:
- Regional Secretary Michael Connor - ONS North America 2025 Annual Report
- Joe Cribb - Constructing History from Kushan Coins
- Alexandr Naymark - Evidence for the fur trade in ancient Eurasia (3rd century BCE - 3rd century CE)
- Bilal Ahmed - Coin of a Ghaznavid Rebel
- Stuart Sears - New Evidence for the Standing Caliph Coppers.
ONS Quarterly Lecture Series online/worldwide Saturday 24th January 2026, 4 pm London time. Robert Bracey, British Museum. Vertical studies: an old approach to Mughal coinage.
Your regional secretary
will send you a Zoom link.
The talk will look at the historiography of Mughal coinage and of the potential for using studies of particular mints, and the application of die studies to them, for understanding the economic history and coinage.
ONS Promotion at the Holland Coin Fair (HCF, Delft) 7 February 2026
ONS-meeting Tübingen 9-10 May 2026
ONS-meeting Brussels 13 June 2026
ONS-meeting Leiden 11 September 2026
ONS Promotion at the Expo Houten (Utrecht) 19 September 2026
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.