March 14, 2013 – The Yorkshire Numismatic Society will host the 2013 joint meeting of the Royal Numismatic and the British Numismatic Societies at York Racecourse on 20 July 2013. Traditionally, this joint meeting is held in July in different parts of the country to encourage members normally unable to attend London meetings. The organisers have obtained many well-known speakers on topics bound to interest and inform all collectors and students.
The meeting is being held at the same venue as the York Stamp and Coin Fair so there will be plenty of opportunities for collectors to secure exciting acquisitions, meet colleagues, discuss finds and acquisitions in a friendly atmosphere, and enjoy the refreshments available in the buffet and bar. There will also be books on sale in the room with a great selection of new and fine used numismatic reference works.
The event is open to all and free! Take the chance to join one or all of these leading societies on the day and benefit from their programmes and publications.
Please come along – you will find a great programme and York has so much to offer for a few days vacation. Why not visit the Dales, Moors or Wolds?
Please register in advance by sending an email to Tony Abramson – nothing more is needed and this is a great assistance towards enabling us to make proper arrangements for the event.
Morning Session, chaired by Roger Bland
10:15 Roger Bland: Opening remarks
10:30 Eleanor Ghey: Studying hoards in the 21st century: the appliance of science to recent finds
11:00 Richard Abdy: Bath hoard
11:30 Break
12:00 Sam Moorhead: Frome hoard and Carausius – three years on
12:30 Philippa Walton: Ritual river or military highway? Interpreting the coin assemblage from the votive deposit at Piercebridge, County Durham
1:00 Lunch break
Afternoon Session, chaired by Nick Mayhew
2:15 Martin Allen: Coin hoards and wealth in medieval England and Wales, c. 973 to 1544.
2:45 Edward Besly: Hoards and hoarding in the English Civil War
3:15 Stephen Briggs: Better than metal-detecting: numismatics from newsprint
3:45 Nick Mayhew: Closing remarks
*Refreshments are available at the ground floor buffet & second floor bar.
For the programme and future information please check out the blog of the Yorkshire Numismatic Society.