Dr Murray Andrews

Archaeological Numismatist

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‘Coin hoarding’ book nominated for international book prize

14 February 2020 /

I am pleased to announce that my latest book, ‘Coin hoarding in medieval England and Wales, c.973-1544. Behaviours, motivations, and mentalités’ (Oxford: BAR, 2019), has been nominated for the International Association of Professional Numismatists (IAPN) Book Prize!

Founded in 1951, the IAPN is the world’s leading association of numismatic firms, bringing together  more than 114 companies operating across five continents. Since 1982 it has awarded a prize for the best numismatic publication issued each year. Previous winners of the prize have included leading scholars like Philip Grierson, Mark Blackburn, Michael Metcalf, and Catherine Eagleton. It is a great honour to be shortlisted for such a prestigious award!

Why not have a look at the book yourself? You can buy copies direct from the publisher, BAR, via their website.

New publication – November 2019

20 November 2019 /

Bumper publication alert!

I’ve just recieved my copy of the latest issue of the Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society. It contains some intriguing articles on prehistoric and Romano-British enclosures at Burton, the Victorian mansion at Backford Hall, and an article by me on a fifteenth-century coin hoard from the Shoemaker’s Row, Chester. Copies are available directly from the Society: check out their website for more details.

M. Andrews, ‘A neglected nineteenth-century find of a fifteenth-century coin hoard from Shoemaker’s Row, Northgate Street, Chester’, Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society, 2nd ser., 89 (2019), 145-149.

In addition, a small article that I have written for the Bulletin of the Surrey Archaeological Society is now available online. This explores an eighteenth-century record of a late medieval coin hoard found at Kingston upon Thames. You can read it here.

For a full list of my publications to date, check out the ‘Publications’ page on this website: here.

‘Hoarding and deposition in Europe from later prehistory to the medieval period – finds in context’

18 October 2019 /

Back in June I had the pleasure of speaking at the joint meeting of the Later Prehistoric Finds Group, Roman Finds Group, Finds Research Group, and Instrumentum, held at King’s College London. My paper, ‘Picking and choosing? Selection, retention, and value in medieval English and Welsh coin hoards, c.973-1544’, discussed the different considerations – economic, symbolic, emotional, and mnemonic – that influenced medieval hoarding practices, topics that are all addressed in my forthcoming book, Coin hoarding in medieval England and Wales, c.973-1544: Behaviours, motivations, and mentalités. I thoroughly enjoyed the conference, and found it an excellent opportunity to discuss research across traditional period boundaries, and to emphasise the importance of coins as evidence for our medieval past. Rob Webley has written an excellent review of the conference in the Autumn 2019 edition of the Finds Research Group newsletter – featuring a picture of yours truly!

My name in print: October 2019 edition!

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18 October 2019 /

This is the website of Dr Murray Andrews, an archaeologist and numismatist based in the UK.

My research interests centre on the use of money and monetary media – coins, tokens, credit instruments, and commodity moneys – in past societies, with a particular emphasis on the later middle ages in northwest Europe. I also have a special interest in the archaeology and history of the English West Midlands, and in particular the county of Worcestershire, and in the application of quantitative, multivariate, and spatial analytical methodologies to numismatic datasets. I have written and lectured extensively on these themes for a variety of audiences in Britain and beyond.

This website provides an overview of my research and professional profile, including links to some of my publications and recorded presentations and details of research I’m currently working on.

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