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'''Martin Allen''', FSA, is a British [[numismatist]] and [[historian]], specialising in medieval English coinage.<ref>{{Cite web|[email protected]|title=Dr Martin Allen , FSA — Department of History of Art|url=https://www.hoart.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-martin-allen-fsa|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.hoart.cam.ac.uk|date=9 July 2015 |
'''Martin Allen''', [[Society of Antiquaries of London|FSA]], is a British [[numismatist]] and [[historian]], specialising in medieval English coinage.<ref>{{Cite web|[email protected]|title=Dr Martin Allen , FSA — Department of History of Art|url=https://www.hoart.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-martin-allen-fsa|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.hoart.cam.ac.uk|date=9 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2012/02/martin-allen-on-medieval-coinage-and-society/ |title=Martin Allen on Medieval coinage and society | FifteenEightyFour | Cambridge University Press |website=www.cambridgeblog.org |date= 7 February 2012|access-date=14 April 2021}}</ref> Allen is the Senior Assistant Keeper of Numismatics at the [[Fitzwilliam Museum]] in [[Cambridge]], [[United Kingdom]]. |
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==Education and career== |
==Education and career== |
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Martin Allen earned his Ph.D. at [[Durham University]], with a thesis in [[archaeology]], focusing on the Durham mint. He joined the Department of Coins and Medals at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1997, where he looked after the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds (EMC). |
Martin Allen earned his Ph.D. at [[Durham University]], with a thesis in [[archaeology]], focusing on the Durham mint. He joined the Department of Coins and Medals at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1997, where he looked after the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds (EMC).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dr Martin|title=Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds|url=https://emc.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/about|access-date=2021-03-29|website=emc.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk}}</ref> He is affiliated with [[Wolfson College, Cambridge|Wolfson College]], where he serves as lecturer in the Faculty of History, teaching numismatics and medieval monetary history; he also serves as a College Research Associate. He has an extensive publication record, for which he was awarded a Doctor of Letters (LittD) in 2013. Allen is the Vice President of the British Numismatic Society and editor of the ''[[British Numismatic Journal]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Officers and Council - British Numismatic Society|url=https://www.britnumsoc.org/the-society/officers-and-council|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.britnumsoc.org}}</ref> Currently he has the role of President of the [[Royal Numismatic Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-05-23|title=Council|url=https://numismatics.org.uk/about-the-society/council/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=The Royal Numismatic Society}}</ref> |
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==Awards and |
==Awards and honours== |
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Allen received the [[Sanford Saltus Gold Medal]] of the [[British Numismatic Society]] in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Society Medals - British Numismatic Society|url=http://www.britnumsoc.org/the-society/society-medals|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.britnumsoc.org}}</ref> In addition, he has also received the North Book Prize of the British Numismatic Society twice, once in 2006 for ''The Durham Mint''.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=Prizes - British Numismatic Society|url=http://www.britnumsoc.org/prizes-and-funds/prizes|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.britnumsoc.org}}</ref> and again in 2014 for ''Mints and Money in Medieval England''.<ref name="auto"/> |
Allen received the [[Sanford Saltus Gold Medal]] of the [[British Numismatic Society]] in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Society Medals - British Numismatic Society|url=http://www.britnumsoc.org/the-society/society-medals|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.britnumsoc.org}}</ref> In addition, he has also received the North Book Prize of the British Numismatic Society twice, once in 2006 for ''The Durham Mint''.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=Prizes - British Numismatic Society|url=http://www.britnumsoc.org/prizes-and-funds/prizes|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.britnumsoc.org}}</ref> and again in 2014 for ''Mints and Money in Medieval England''.<ref name="auto"/> |
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===Books=== |
===Books=== |
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* ''The Durham Mint'', British Numismatic Society Special Publication 4 (London, 2003) |
* ''The Durham Mint'', British Numismatic Society Special Publication 4 (London, 2003) |
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* ''Mints and Money in Medieval England'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012) |
* ''[https://books.google.com/books/about/Mints_and_Money_in_Medieval_England.html?id=50V_ADVYIz8C&redir_esc=y Mints and Money in Medieval England]'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012) {{ISBN|978-1-107-01494-7}} |
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* ''Money and its Use in Medieval Europe Three Decades On. Essays in Honour of Professor Peter Spufford'', edited with N. Mayhew, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication 52 (London, 2017) |
* ''[https://numismatics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Spufford-Medieval-Europe.pdf Money and its Use in Medieval Europe Three Decades On. Essays in Honour of Professor Peter Spufford]'', edited with N. Mayhew, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication 52 (London, 2017) |
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* [https://sites.google.com/site/digitallibrarynumis/03-index/a-1/allen-martin-r Martin Allen, Digital Library Numis] |
* [https://sites.google.com/site/digitallibrarynumis/03-index/a-1/allen-martin-r Martin Allen, Digital Library Numis] |
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Martin Allen, FSA, is a British numismatist and historian, specialising in medieval English coinage.[1][2] Allen is the Senior Assistant Keeper of Numismatics at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Education and career
Martin Allen earned his Ph.D. at Durham University, with a thesis in archaeology, focusing on the Durham mint. He joined the Department of Coins and Medals at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1997, where he looked after the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds (EMC).[3] He is affiliated with Wolfson College, where he serves as lecturer in the Faculty of History, teaching numismatics and medieval monetary history; he also serves as a College Research Associate. He has an extensive publication record, for which he was awarded a Doctor of Letters (LittD) in 2013. Allen is the Vice President of the British Numismatic Society and editor of the British Numismatic Journal.[4] Currently he has the role of President of the Royal Numismatic Society.[5]
Awards and honours
Allen received the Sanford Saltus Gold Medal of the British Numismatic Society in 2011.[6] In addition, he has also received the North Book Prize of the British Numismatic Society twice, once in 2006 for The Durham Mint.[7] and again in 2014 for Mints and Money in Medieval England.[7]
Selected works
Allen has published several works in the field of numismatology, focusing especially on England in the Middle Ages. His works include the following:
Books
- The Durham Mint, British Numismatic Society Special Publication 4 (London, 2003)
- Mints and Money in Medieval England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012) ISBN 978-1-107-01494-7
- Money and its Use in Medieval Europe Three Decades On. Essays in Honour of Professor Peter Spufford, edited with N. Mayhew, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication 52 (London, 2017)
Articles
- "The Calais mint and the wool trade", in M. Allen and N. Mayhew (eds), Money and its Use in Medieval Europe Three Decades On. Essays in Honour of Professor Peter Spufford, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication 52 (London, 2017), pp. 31−42.
- "Medieval merchants and the English mints", in M. Allen and M. Davies (eds), Medieval Merchants and Money. Essays in Honour of James L. Bolton (London: Institute of Historical Research, 2016), pp. 197−212.
- "A thirteenth-century enquiry into the administration of the Bury St Edmunds mint", British Numismatic Journal 80 (2010), pp. 189–93.
- "Monthly mint output figures for the coinage of Richard III", Numismatic Chronicle 169 (2009), pp. 213–15.
- "The proportions of the denominations in English mint outputs, 1351–1485", British Numismatic Journal 77 (2007), pp. 190–209.
- "The Cambridge mint after the Norman Conquest", Numismatic Chronicle 166 (2006), pp. 237–44.
- "The English currency and the commercialization of England before the Black Death", in Medieval Money Matters, edited by D. Wood (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2004), pp. 31–50.
- "English coin hoards, 1158–1544", British Numismatic Journal 72 (2002), pp. 24–84.
- "Ecclesiastical mints in thirteenth-century England", in Thirteenth Century England VIII: Proceedings of the Durham Conference 1999, edited by M. Prestwich, R. Britnell and R. Frame (Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2001), pp. 113–22.
- "The volume of the English currency, 1158–1470", Economic History Review, 2nd series, 54 (2001), pp. 595–611.
- "The volume and composition of the English silver currency, 1279–1351", British Numismatic Journal 70 (2000), pp. 38–44.
- "Documentary evidence for the Henry VI Annulet coinage of York", British Numismatic Journal 65 (1995), pp. 120–34.
- "The Durham mint before Boldon Book", in D. Rollason, M. Harvey and M. Prestwich (eds), Anglo-Norman Durham, 1093–1193 (Woodbridge, 1994), pp. 381–98.
- "The provision and use of Short Cross class V dies", British Numismatic Journal 59 (1989), pp. 46–76.
- "The Carlisle and Durham mints in the Short Cross period", British Numismatic Journal 49 (1979), pp. 42–55.
See also
References
- ^ [email protected] (9 July 2015). "Dr Martin Allen , FSA — Department of History of Art". www.hoart.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Martin Allen on Medieval coinage and society | FifteenEightyFour | Cambridge University Press". www.cambridgeblog.org. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Dr Martin. "Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds". emc.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Officers and Council - British Numismatic Society". www.britnumsoc.org. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Council". The Royal Numismatic Society. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Society Medals - British Numismatic Society". www.britnumsoc.org. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Prizes - British Numismatic Society". www.britnumsoc.org. Retrieved 29 March 2021.