28 January 2023
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Dr Kevin Clancy has ended his term as president of the British Numismatic Society (BNS), with Dr Elina Screen, the first woman to hold the presidency, taking on the role.
Although a number of women have made major contributions to British numismatics and the life of the BNS, including Helen Farquhar (1859-1953) and Marion Archibald (1935-2016), assistant keeper of medieval coins at the British Museum, this is the first time that either the British or the Royal Numismatic Society has elected a female president.
Elina Screen is a university lecturer in medieval history, and General Editor of the Medieval European Coinage project. She has published the Norwegian collections of Anglo-Saxon and British coins for the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles series. Her numismatic interests include the use of coins and money in the Viking age.
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