Richard Marsden Reece, FSA (born 1939) is a numismatist and retired academic."Reece, Richard Marsden"
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Biography

Reece completed a degree in

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in 1961, before moving to

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, where he completed a diploma in education the following year. He taught at the

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St John's School in

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for three years before becoming Head of Chemistry at

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in 1966. He left teaching in 1968 to undertake a doctorate at

, which he completed in 1972 with a thesis titled "A survey of denominations and categories in the currency of the

western Roman Empire In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the western provinces of the Roman Empire, collectively, during any period in which they were administered separately from the eastern provinces by a separate, independent imperial court. ...

, with special reference to hoards and site finds in Britain". He joined the London Institute of Archaeology as a

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in 1970. Promoted to a senior lecturer in 1981, he was made Reader in Late Roman Archaeology and Numismatics. He has been an

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reader at UCL since retiring in 1999.

Reece periods

Reece defined 21 date ranges for coins of the Roman period, now called Reece periods. The British Museum uses these (with two more added later) when comparing different discovery sites.

Honours and awards

On 5 May 1969, Reece was elected a

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London The Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL) is a learned society of historians and archaeologists in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1707, received its royal charter in 1751 and is a Charitable organization, registered charity. It is based ...

(FSA). He was made an honorary fellow of the

Royal Numismatic Society The Royal Numismatic Society (RNS) is a learned society and charity based in London, United Kingdom which promotes research into all branches of numismatics. Its patron was Queen Elizabeth II. Membership Foremost collectors and researchers, bo ...

(RNS) in 2003. The RNS presented him with

Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society The Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society was first awarded in 1883. It is awarded by the Royal Numismatic Society and is one of the highest markers of recognition given to numismatists. The president and Council award the medal annually to an "in ...

six years later. In 2014, he was awarded the

British Academy The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the sa ...

Derek Allen Prize The Derek Allen Prize is awarded by the British Academy. It was founded in 1976 to honour Derek Allen, FBA, who was secretary (1969–73) and treasurer (1973–75) of the British Academy. It was established by his widow and sons to recognise outst ...

for numismatics.

Selected works

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References

External links

Coffee and Circuses - 47: Richard Reece
(podcast) {{DEFAULTSORT:Reece, Richard Living people 1939 births British numismatists Alumni of University College London Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford Academics of the University of London Academics of University College London