Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis (b. 1951) is the

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's Curator of Middle Eastern coins. She is Joint Director of the International Parthian Coin Project, The Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum (SNP), and Joint Editor of the SNP series. Curtis was born in

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in 1951. She obtained her MA in Near Eastern Archaeology and Ancient Iranian Languages from the

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and her PhD on

Parthian art Parthian art was Iranian art made during the Parthian Empire from 247 BC to 224 AD, based in the Near East. It has a mixture of Persian and Hellenistic influences. For some time after the period of the Parthian Empire, art in its styles continue ...

from

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. In 1983-2003, Curtis was the Joint Editor of '' Iran: Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies'', in 1998-2003 Secretary of the British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS), in 2006-2011, President of BIPS, and in 2005-2010 secretary of the

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. Curtis is a member of the Academic Committee of the

Iran Heritage Foundation The Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF) is a United Kingdom–registered charity was founded in 1995 in London. The mission is to promote and preserve the history, languages and cultures of Iran and the Persianate world, covering all periods of Irani ...

(IHF). Curtis is the honorary director of the British Institute of Persian Studies. She is married to John Curtis FBA, CEO of the

and the British Museum Keeper of Special Middle East Projects. Curtis has taken part in expert panels on

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four times.

Selected publications

* ''Rivalling Rome. Parthian Coins and Culture'', by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis and Alexandra Magub (Spink, 2020); ISBN 9781912667444 * * * * *

References

External links

Who's Who, ''Coins Weekly''

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