Richard Abdy
Richard Anthony Abdy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Occupation | Numismatist |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Employer | British Museum |
| Known for | Roman coinage, Roman Britain, Limes Britannicus |
Richard Anthony Abdy (b. 1970) is a British numismatist affiliated with the British Museum, with a focus on Roman coinage.
Biography
Abdy earned his History degree from the University of Glasgow in 1992. His specialization includes Roman Britain and its defensive structures known as the Limes Britannicus. He has worked alongside Keith Rutter from the Hunter Coin Collection in Glasgow on coin hoards related to the Antonine Wall.
In 1993, Abdy began his career at the British Museum as an assistant in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. By 1998, he advanced to co-curator of Iron Age and Roman Empire coins within the Department of Coins and Medals. He oversees coin hoards that have been acquired or offered under the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Awards and honours
- 2002 Lhotka Memorial Prize for Romano-British Coin Hoards
- 2010 Gilljam-Prize from the Royal Numismatic Society for “The Domitian coin from Chalgrove,” which verified the existence of the anti-emperor Domitianus II
- 2013 Lhotka Memorial Prize for Coins and the Bible (co-authored with Amelia Dowler)
Exhibitions at the British Museum
- 2004 Public Image: Portraits on Coins & Medals
- 2013 Coins and the Bible (co-curated with Amelia Dowler)
- 2024 Legion: Life in the Roman Army
Books
- 2002 - Romano-British Coin Hoards, Shire Publications. ISBN 0-7478-0532-6.
- 2002 - Coin Hoards from Roman Britain 11 (RNS Special Publication 36), Royal Numismatic Society (co-edited with Ian Leins and Jonathan Williams)
- 2008 - Roman Army. Pocket Dictionary. British Museum Press. ISBN 0-7141-3126-1.
- 2009 - Coin Hoards from Roman Britain 12 (Collection Moneta 97), Moneta (co-editor with Eleanor Ghey, Celine Hughes, Ian Leins)
- 2010 - The Gloucester hoard and other coin hoards of the Britannic Empire (Coin Hoards from Roman Britain 13; Collection Moneta 113), Moneta (co-edited with Edward Besly, Fernando López-Sánchez)
- 2013 - Coins and the Bible. Spink & Son (exhibition catalogue) (with Amelia Dowler)
- 2019 - The Beau Street, Bath Hoard (Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 59), Archaeopress (with Verity Anthony, Stephen Clews)
- 2019 - From AD 117–138: Hadrian (Roman Imperial Coinage Vol. 2, Part 3), Spink & Son (with Peter Franz Mittag)
- 2024 - Legion. Life in the Roman army. The British Museum Press. ISBN 978-0-7141-2293-9.
Articles
- 2004 - "The second-known specimen of a coin of Domitian II recorded in a hoard from Oxfordshire", Revue Numismatique 160, pp. 219–221.
- 2005 - "Two important new Roman coins", Numismatic Chronicle 165, pp. 175-178. doi:10.2307/42667281 (with Nicholas Harling)
- 2006 - "A Catalogue of Hoards and Single-Finds from the British Isles c. AD 410–67", in Barrie Cook and Gareth Williams (eds), Coinage and History in the North Sea World, c. AD 500–1250, pp. 11-73. Brill, Leiden. ISBN 90-04-14777-2. (with Gareth Williams)
- 2009 - "The Domitian coin from Chalgrove: a Gallic emperor returns to history", Antiquity, vol. 83, no. 321 (Sept 2009), pp. 751-757. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00098963.
- 2012 - "Coin hoards from the British Isles 2012", British Numismatic Journal, vol. 82, pp. 230-244. (with Martin Allen, Roger Bland, Eleanor Ghey and John Naylor)
- 2014 - "Chronology of Sabina’s coinage at the Roman mint", Revue Numismatique 171, pp. 73–91.
Source
The information in this article is adapted from the German Wikipedia page Richard Abdy.