The Italian Numismatic Institute (''Istituto italiano di numismatica'') is an Italian body for the study of numismatics, based in Palazzo Barberini at 13 via Quattro Fontane.

History

It was founded in Rome in 1912 as a private association by a group of Italian numismatists, including Secondina Lorenza Cesano, an academic at Rome University.Annuario n. 49
dell'Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia Storia e Storia dell'Arte in Roma, p. 327Giovanni Gorini,
''Cento anni della Rivista italiana di numismatica''
", in ''Rivista italiana di numismatica'', XC, 1988. Initially a voluntary association under

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, it acquired

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judicial status under the royal decree (RDL) number 223 of 3 February 1936.Istituto Italiano di Numismatica - Sito ufficiale - Sezione storia
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founded in the 19th century.

Partnership and membership

It is a founder member of the Centro Internazionale di Studi Numismatici, based in Naples, created in 1965 as a result of a joint initiative by the International Numismatic Council and the Museo Civico Filangieri, a private museum in Naples. It also collaborates with other international bodies such as the International Numismatic Council, the Rome-based Unione internazionale degli istituti di archeologia and the American Numismatic Society.

Governance

It is governed by a 'Consiglio direttivo' or directorial committee, made up "of presidents of the four national historical Institutes, the president of the National Institute for Archaeology and Art History, and two experts nominated by decree by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities". Since 2011 the president of the 'consiglio' has been Sara Sorda, whose predecessor Attilio Stazio died in 2010. Its current members are Andrea Giardina,

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, Luigi Lotti, Massimo Miglio, Nicola Parise, Sara Sorda and Romano Ugolini.Annuario n. 49
dell'Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia Storia e Storia dell'Arte in Roma, p. 327-328 Past members of the 'Consiglio' include Edoardo Martinori, once its vice-president.

Presidents

Since 1936 its presidents have been: *

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(from 1936). * Cesare Maria De Vecchi, conte di

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(from 1939). * Secondina Lorenza Cesano (acting president, from 1943). * Gaetano De Sanctis (extraordinary commissar, from 1944). * Francesco Pellati (governing commisar, from 1952). * Aldo Ferrabino (governing commisar, from 1958). *

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(1962-1991). * Attilio Stazio (from 1991) * Sara Sorda (from 2010)

Publications and library and multimedia resources

Conferences

Since 1961 it has organised:Istituto Italiano di Numismatica - Sito ufficiale - sezione convegni
* 1961: VI Congresso Internazionale di Numismatica * 1978: «Le forme e i modi della scambio e le espressioni del valore nel Mediterraneo Orientale, tra la tarda età del Bronzo e gli inizi della monetazione» * 1982: «Stato e moneta a Roma fra la tarda repubblica e il primo impero» * 1983: «Aspetti della società romana fra la metà del IV e la metà del III secolo a.C.: documentazioni a confronto» * 1986: «La moneta nei contesti archeologici: esempi dagli scavi di Roma» * 1988: «L'inflazione nel IV secolo d.C.» * 1995: «Bernhard Laum. Origine della moneta e teoria del sacrificio» * 1997: «Metodi statistici e analisi quantitative della produzione di monete nel mondo antico. Tendenze e prospettive di ricerca» * 1997: «La storia mutilata: la dispersione dei rinvenimenti monetali in Italia» * 2000: «La moneta in ambiente rurale nell'Italia tardomedievale» * 2001: «Per una storia del denaro nel Vicino Oriente antico» * 2004: «Dal Denarius al Dinar: l'Oriente e la moneta romana» * 2004: «Weights in Context. Bronze Age Weighing of Eastern Mediterranean: Chronology, Typology, Material and Archaeological Contexts» * 2008: «Quantifying Monetary Supplies in Greco-Roman Times»

References

Bibliography (in Italian)

* Giovanni Gorini
''Cento anni della Rivista italiana di numismatica''
in ''Rivista italiana di numismatica'', XC, 1988
Istituto Italiano di Numismatica
(official site)
Annuario n. 49
dell'Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia Storia e Storia dell'Arte in Roma, pp. 327–330 Numismatic associations Publishing companies of Italy 1912 establishments in Italy Organisations based in Rome {{Italy-stub