Martin Price (numismatist)

Martin Jessop Price (27 March 1939 – 28 April 1995) was a British numismatist who was made a Merit Deputy Keeper of the British Museum in 1978, a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute and was a visiting fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, 1986-87. In 1992 he was awarded the medal of the Royal Numismatic Society.[1] He was educated at King's School, Canterbury and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a firsts in classics. In 1961, he won a Greek government scholarship which introduced him to the British School of Athens.[2] In 1966, he was appointed Assistant Keeper in the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum, under Kenneth Jenkins, and was eventually appointed Deputy Keeper in 1978 which is a position he held until September 1994 when he became Director at the British School of Athens until his death.[3][4]

Personal life

Martin had a lifelong connection with Greece and was fluent in modern Greek. He would eventually meet his wife in 1965 and have two sons and a daughter. He was described as an inspiration to his colleagues who would often throw himself into projects that had little reward but were necessary.[2]

Notable Work
  • Coins of the Macedonians[5]
  • The Seven Wonders of The Ancient World[6]
  • Coinage in the Greek World[7]
  • Coins and their cities: Architecture on the ancient coins of Greece, Rome, and Palestine[8]
  • The coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum catalogue[9]

References
  1. "The Society's Medal". 23 May 2014.
  2. "OBITUARY: Martin Price". The Independent. 4 May 1995. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. "Library of Congress LCCN Permalink n80026800". lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. "The Martin Price Fund for Ancient Greek Numismatics". The Royal Numismatic Society. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. Price, Martin, 1939-1995. (1974). Coins of the Macedonians. London: British Museum. ISBN 0-7141-0830-8. OCLC 2931798.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Clayton, Peter A. (1988). The seven wonders of the ancient world. Price, Martin, 1939-1995. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-00279-6. OCLC 16684005.
  7. Carradice, Ian. (1988). Coinage in the Greek world. Price, Martin, 1939-1995. London: Seaby. ISBN 0-900652-82-9. OCLC 21195528.
  8. Price, Martin, 1939-1995. (1977). Coins and their cities : architecture on the ancient coins of Greece, Rome, and Palestine. Trell, Bluma L., 1903-. London: Vecchi. ISBN 0-8143-1586-0. OCLC 3753066.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. Price, Martin, 1939-1995. (1991). The coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus : a British Museum catalogue. Swiss Numismatic Society. Zurich: Swiss Numismatic Society. ISBN 3-908103-00-2. OCLC 24719635.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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