The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) and 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) identified numismatics as one of the ‘outstanding strengths’ of the Department of Classics and Ancient History.

Numismatic studies can be pursued at both undergraduate and postgraduate (graduate) levels. For information about undergraduate studies in numismatics, click here. For information about postgraduate studies in numismatics, click here. For information about current research in numismatics at Warwick, click here.

Staff who specialise in numismatics:

• Professor Kevin Butcher
• Professor Suzanne Frey-Kupper
• Dr. Clare Rowan
• Dr Stanley Ireland, Emeritus Reader
• Dr Marguerite Spoerri Butcher, Associate Fellow

Our numismatic profile also includes our Honorary Professor, Christopher Howgego of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Professor Howgego is a leading expert on ancient coinage and the monetary economy of Greece and Rome.

For information on staff research projects, click here.