Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis

Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis is the British Museum'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.[1][2]

Curtis is the honorary director of the British Institute of Persian Studies.[3] She is married to John Curtis, CEO of the Iran Heritage Foundation and the British Museum Keeper of Special Middle East Projects.[4]

Curtis has taken part in expert panels on In Our Time four times.[5][6][7][8]

Selected publications
  • Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh; Pendleton, Elizabeth J; Alram, Michael; Daryaee, Touraj (2017), The Parthian and early Sasanian empires : adaptation and expansion : proceedings of a conference held in Vienna, 14-16 June 2012, British Institute of Persian Studies archaeological monographs series, 5., Oxbow Books, ISBN 9781785709623
  • Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh; Canby, Sheila R (2014), Persian love poetry, Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc, ISBN 1566569559
  • Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh (2009), The rise of Islam, Idea of Iran, 4., I.B. Tauris, ISBN 1845116917
  • Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh (2005), Persian myths, Legendary past., University of Texas Press, ISBN 9780292711587
  • Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh; Hillenbrand, Robert (1998), The art and archaeology of ancient Persia : new light on the Parthian and Sasanian empires, London, ISBN 9781860640452

References
  1. Hopkins, Chris. "SNP - Home". www.sylloge.org.
  2. "Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis". British Museum.
  3. "The Governing Council - BIPS". www.bips.ac.uk.
  4. "Dr John Curtis Appointed CEO of Iran Heritage Foundation and IHF America - Cyrus Cylinder US Tour 2013". 24 October 2013.
  5. "BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Persepolis". BBC.
  6. "BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Shahnameh of Ferdowsi". BBC.
  7. "BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Sassanid Empire". BBC.
  8. "BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Zoroastrianism". BBC.
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