Harrogate
Spring Coin Fair, Old Swan Hotel
Lecture
Programme
Celebrating
YNS110!
Friday
15th March, 12:00 – 4:00pm and Saturday 16th
March, 10:00 – 2:00pm
Fri
12:00 Tony Abramson Welcome: The Yorkshire Numismatic Fellowship
Early
Anglo-Saxon coins
Fri
13:00 Adrian Marsden 17th century tokens
Fri
14:00 Richard Abdy Are not two sparrows sold for an as?
A
brief survey of Roman coppers in Britain
Fri
15:00 Richard Fynes Collecting tokens and medals Some
examples from Yorkshire C17-20th
Fri
16:00 John Philpotts Iron Age coins in Britain
Sat
11:00 Barrie Cook The coinage of the Wars of the Roses
Sat
12:00 Frances Simmons 20th century medals
Sat
13:00 Pam West Collecting banknotes
Sat
14:00 James Booth Late Anglo-Saxon Coin
'Portraits'
Abstracts
Tony
Abramson will open the congress with a few
words about the Yorkshire Numismatic Fellowship,
1909-17.
Early
Anglo-Saxon
Is
it possible to assemble a meaningful selection of early Anglo-Saxon
coins without breaking the bank? Tony will
suggest some ideas for the collector on a modest budget.
Tony is
President of YNS and has written a number of books on early-pennies
(sceats).
Adrian
Marsden: 17th century tokens
Seventeenth-century
tokens have, over the last few years, become a popular area of
collecting. It isn’t hard to understand why
this has become the case – as well as furnishing attractive
examples of 17th
century art with a wide range of interesting designs, the issuers
themselves can be traced in the historical records and sometimes
prove to have led interesting lives. This talk will show the sort of
research that can be carried out and will focus on the lives of some
of the Norfolk issuers.
Adrian works as Numismatist for Norfolk County Council
and runs the Norfolk Token Project
(www.norfolktokenproject.wordpress.com).
He is also a specialist on the Roman Imperial coinage and interested
in imitations of coins of all periods.
Richard
Abdy: Are not two sparrows sold for an
as? A brief survey of
Roman coppers in Britain
It
is commonplace to say there was a 'big problem over small change' in
antiquity due to the limited technology available
for manufacture and supply. With Roman Britain being an
island at the edge of a vast empire, the logistics were as hard
as they could get. This talk focuses on the copper as, the humblest
coin generally available in Britain in the early centuries
of Roman rule. How were they made and used in Roman society?
More specifically, how did they get here and which types were
the Britons likely to encounter - as no doubt many such
types may still be encountered at this weekend event!
Richard
is the curator of Roman Coins at the British Museum.
Richard
Fynes: Collecting tokens and medals: some examples from Yorkshire
The
aim of the talk is to provide novice collectors with an introductory
overview of the material known as paranumismatica. Tokens and medals,
ranging in date from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries will
be discussed and illustrated by examples with a Yorkshire provenance.
Within this broad range of material, much of which
remains unstudied, there are many potential themes for a collection
that is inexpensive in terms of initial outlay but rich in terms of
its interest and significance
Dr
Richard Fynes is a long-standing member of the Yorkshire Numismatic
Society. He is a Research Associate at the School of Oriental
and African Studies, University of London.
John
Philpotts: Iron Age coins in Britain
A
brief introduction to the coinage circulating in Britain during the
Iron Age, we will look at the tribes,
denominations and Roman influences on coinage during the 1st
Century B.C./A.D.
John is the Iron Age coin specialist at Silbury Coins
Ltd, one of very few companies who specialise in Iron Age coins and
bring them to the market for private collectors to study and enjoy.
Barrie
Cooke: The coinage of the Wars of the Roses
An
examination of the 15th-century English coinage, focussing
particularly on the silver, from the reigns of
Henry VI to Henry VII. It will cover the denominations issued
and the mints involved, design changes and problems of
identification.
Barrie Cook is curator of medieval and early modern
coinage in the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum.
Frances
Simmons: 20th century medals
From
royal commemoratives to funky artworks, the 20th century has lots of
variety for the collector to choose from and at
rather modest prices too. Spanning the century this short talk
will feature medals struck for royal events like the Investiture of
the Prince of Wales, coronations and jubilees. Also we’ll
look at medals published in series, to celebrate anniversaries and to
hoard precious metal. Finally, we’ll look at so-called art
medals, produced as provocations or simply for pleasure.
Frances is
a Director of Simmons Gallery Ltd, the numismatists, and has
collected of medals since 1980’s. She has often written about and
lectured on the 20th century medal.
Pam
West: Collecting banknotes
Just
an overview of collecting banknotes, muses and suggestions for
collectors.
Pam
is a long-time collector and dealer. Publisher and editor of various
books on the subject and currently chairperson of the London branch
of the International Bank Note Society.
James
Booth: Late Anglo-Saxon Coin 'Portraits'
From
the coinage reform of Edgar (c.973) until the Conquest in 1066 (and
well beyond) the coinage shows a uniform design template: on the
obverse the king's 'portrait'; on the reverse a cross, plain or
ornamented, to facilitate the division of coins into cut halfpennies
and farthings. Between 973 and 1066 the type changed at regular
intervals (six years, later 2-3 years) and there are 25 substantive
types, struck at more than 60 mints. The king's 'portrtait'
frequently copies a fourth-century Roman clean-shaven diademed bust,
though 'Anglo-Saxon' elements increasingly occur: crowns, pointed
helmets, beards. This talk illustrates some of the types alongside
their Roman or Byzantine prototypes. All the types shown can be found
at the Harrogate Fair.
James
Booth devised the standard classification of the Northumbrian coinage
of the 8th
century (1984; 1987). He wrote a biography of Philip Larkin (2014)
and has amassed and dispersed various coin collections since 1974.
