Ancient Coins of the Graeco-Roman World

FOREWORD
Established in 1976, the Calgary Institute for the Humanities has
as its aim the fostering of advanced study and research in all areas
of the humanities. Apart from supporting work in the traditional
"arts" disciplines such as philosophy, history, ancient and modern
languages and literatures, it also promotes research into the philoso-
phical and historical aspects of the sciences, social sciences, fine
arts, and the various "professional" disciplines.
The Institute's main raison d'etre is to provide scholars, both
established academics and post-doctoral fellows, with time to carry out
their research. It also sponsors gatherings of persons who share
common academic and intellectual interests, with a view to promoting
discussion and disseminating ideas.
The Nickle Conference, held (appropriately) in the Nickle Arts
Museum of the University of Calgary in October 1981, was such a
gathering. Devoted to numismatics, a passionate avocation of the
Nickle family, to whose munificence the University of Calgary is much
indebted, this conference brought together a distinguished collection
of numismatists from Canada, the United States, Great Britain, and
Continental Europe, the most distinguished gathering of numismatists
ever to assemble in Canada, and perhaps in North America. The
Institute is very pleased to publish here revised versions of the
papers delivered on that occasion, and we are sure that this volume
will be of interest to all scholars and students interested in the coins
and history of the Ancient World.
We wish to record here our gratitude to the Research Services
Office and the Development Office of the University of Calgary, and
to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for
the grants which made the conference possible, and also to the De-
partment of Classics, the Nickle Arts Museum, the Faculties of Hu-
manities and Continuing Education, University of Calgary, for their
support. Thanks are due also, of course, to the editors of the
volume, Waldemar Heckel and Richard Sullivan, and also to John
Humphrey who generously assisted with the final version of the
manuscript. As ever, we thank Gerry Dyer for her painstaking work
in typing the final version, and indeed so many earlier versions, of
the volume.
J. C. Yardley,
Acting Director