2012 Meetings Programme

Abstracts of all papers are available here.

24 January	Graham Dyer, William John Hocking (1864-1953): Curator and Numismatist
28 February	Sam Moorhead, Renewed vigour for the British Empire – Carausius and the Frome Hoard
27 March	Richard Cassidy, The Exchequer, the exchanges and the mints in the reign of Henry III
24 April	Martin Allen, Mints and Money in Norman England
22 May	Felicity Powell, Charmed Life: The solace of objects (Followed by the Spring Reception for members and their guests.)
26 June	Stephen Brogan, Scrofula, Sin and Miracles: Debating the Royal Touch during the Stuart Restoration, 1660-85
Saturday 7 July	Summer Meeting:Anniversaries and Jubilees. Joint meeting with the RNS to be held at the Worcester College, Oxford.
25 September	Barrie Cook, 'This is the very coinage of your brain': Shakespeare and coins revisited
23 October	Adam Daubney, Maurice Johnson (1688-1755), numismatist and founder of the Spalding Gentlemen's Society, Lincolnshire
27 November	Anniversary Meeting and Presidential Address: Roger Bland, Hoards and hoarding in Britain. (1) A short history of the study of hoards. (Followed by the Anniversary Reception for members and their guests.)
Unless indicated, all meetings take place at the Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB, commencing at 6.00 pm and finishing by 7.30pm.