Minting of coins discussed

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 27

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The three-day workshop on ‘Numismatics: Study and Research’entered its seond day on Wednesday.

The workshop is organised by the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology (AIHC&A), Panjab University, in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology and Museums, Haryana, and Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi.

The academic session was chaired by Professor SS Saini, Department Head of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology, Kurukshetra University. Saini highlighted the importance of research methodology. Research scholars and students from various universities of India and abroad presented their research papers.

While Jappen Oberoi, research scholar of AIHC&A, PU, presented a paper on ‘Prakasaditya and the case of Mistaken Identity’, Shriya Gautam, an independent scholar from Oxford, presented a paper on the ‘Scientific techniques to study Ancient Indian Coins’. She highlighted the significance of archaeomettalurgy in the field of numismatics.

The afternoon session on the techniques of minting coins by Ravi Shankar Sharma, Secretary, Numismatics Society of Calcutta, was held at the department museum. He gave a presentation on various techniques for minting coins and then began a practical session.

Students and the faculty members participated actively in the workshop and minted coins using techniques such as die struck, repousse and droplet method. The students were told about how to distinguish between real and fake coins.

Workshop on Numismatics 

Workshop organised by the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology (AIHC&A), PU, in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology and Museums, Haryana, and Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi.

Research scholars and students from various universities of India and abroad presented their research papers.