Category Archives: Coins

Not in my name or theirs: in defence and celebration of the diversity of what I study

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Robert J S Briggs

In my previous post, I attempted to underline that medieval studies nowadays finds itself in a position of having an unusually high level of political relevance. Not through any moves obviously engineered by academic medievalists, rather through the rise in Europe and the US … Continue reading →

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Inexpertly handled (learning from 2016)

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Robert J S Briggs

Last weekend I was a bit-part player in a lengthy Twitter back-and-forth about a coin, culture, and the communication of complex concepts in no more than 140 characters at a time. In many ways it was a debate about nothing of any … Continue reading →

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Goldhords in Surrey: a horde of names, any hoards of gold?

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Robert J S Briggs

This post originally trailed the above day workshop held at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology on 22nd June 2016. The event was organised by all-round good egg Murray Andrews, a fellow IoA PhD researcher and late of Medieval Bayton parish. I’m pretty certain the … Continue reading →

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Richard III’s back in the ground, let’s look at some Anglo-Saxon coins

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Robert J S Briggs

Ugh. I hate leaving so long between posts – and then reviving part-drafted pieces which no longer have the same degree of relevance as when commenced (but more about that presently). Not exactly an earth-shattering admission, but I’ve had my … Continue reading →

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Society for Medieval Archaeology Postgraduate Colloquium + some other stuff

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

It turns out life as a postgrad second time around involves considerably more work than I remember from back in my Leeds days. I’ve yet to work out if the difference is institutional, personal or a mix of the two, … Continue reading →

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New post for a new poster

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

This will be my shortest post (my next one is shaping up to be my longest, normal service resumed some might say). As promised, I have uploaded a copy of the poster I contributed to the recent Annual Foreshore Forum … Continue reading →

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Now for Nottingham

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

I saw the above last month, as I was walking along the street around the back of the Wellcome Trust. It really chimed with me, hence me stopping to take the photo. At the time I was seeing out my … Continue reading →

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SMSW 3 – a statistical perspective on Surrey’s early medieval coin corpus

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

Three posts in three days was always going to be a bit of an ask, especially when trying to write them around hosting a dinner party, attending a birthday and London’s premature celebration of Swiss National Day, and watching Chris Froome’s fantastic … Continue reading →

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Calculators at the ready – it’s Surrey Medieval Stats Week!

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

Having never been the greatest at maths when at school (I feel vindicated by my scepticism that GCSE-level algebra has real life applications in adulthood), it came as something of a surprise to discover subsequently that I’m quite partial to … Continue reading →

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Being “productive” with place-names

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

I’d not even finished writing the piece that was the subject of my previous post when I began to formulate a new sidelight analysis to append to it. The basis of this was what I perceived to be a positive correlation between … Continue reading →

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