Knighted for Services in Numismatics: Sir E S G Robinson

For our final speaker event of the term, the Oxford University Numismatic Society will be hosting Peter Preston-Morley, coin specialist with Dix Noonan Webb. Peter will be gracing us with his presence in Sixth Week to talk about the life and times of a prolific numismatist — and perhaps one of Britain’s greatest — Sir Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson.

This talk should interest you if:

– you wish to know more about the career paths of numismatists and the work that they do;
– you are interested in Greek coinage: Sir Robinson was an enthusiast of Greek numismatics and made contributions which redefined the field;
– you are interested in auctions and the art and collections market: the company that Peter works with, Dix Noonan Webb Ltd, is “the UK’s leading specialist auctioneers and valuers of coins, tokens, medals, militaria and paper money of all types”. Meeting Peter could thus be an opportunity for you to find out what goes on behind the doors of auctions and auctioneers, and more about serious coin-collecting!