The American Numismatic Society (ANS) is pleased to announce theestablishment of the Andrew M. Burnett Chair of Roman Numismatics.

The newly endowed chair is named in honor of renowned numismatist, scholar, and ANS Board of Trustees Vice President Andrew M. Burnett and is funded by an anonymous donor.

The endowment for the Chair of Roman Numismatics will allow the ANS tostrengthen its long-term commitment to the study and digitization of one of thelargest and most important collections of ancient Roman coins in the world, rangingfrom the early Republican to the later Imperial and Provincial issues, and includingthe coins of the Byzantine period. The Burnett Chair Curator will oversee thecontinuing development of the critical online resources Coinage of the RomanRepublic Online (numismatics.org/crro), Coin Hoards of the Roman Republic(numismatics.org/chrr), The Roman Republican Die Project(numismatics.org/rrdp), and Online Coins of the Roman Empire(numismatics.org/ocre), for which the ANS has received substantial developmentsupport from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Dr. Andrew M. Burnett, of London, UK, has specialized on Roman coinage since hejoined the British Museum in 1974. He later became Keeper of Coins and Medals,and subsequently Deputy Director of the Museum. He has been the President of theRoyal Numismatic Society, the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, and theInternational Numismatic Commission. Dr. Burnett has been an Honorary Professorof University College, London, and is currently Chair of the Royal Mint Museum. AnANS Member since 1982, he was Visiting Scholar in 1982, and was elected to theBoard of Trustees in 2013, serving as Second Vice President of the Society since2017.

Dr. Burnett received his BA and MA from the University of Oxford, and his PhD fromthe University of London. He is author, co-author, or editor of more than 25 booksand more than 100 articles and book reviews. They include Coinage in the RomanWorld (1987) and the Roman Provincial Coinage series (1992, ongoing). He also hasan interest in the history of numismatics, co-authoring Sir Thomas Smith's On theWages of the Roman Footsoldier (ANS, 2017), and recently publishing The HiddenTreasures of this Happy Island: A History of Numismatics in Britain from theRenaissance to the Enlightenment (2020). He has been honored by the RoyalNumismatic Society, the Belgian Numismatic Society, the French NumismaticSociety, and in 2007 he received the ANS's Archer M. Huntington Award forexcellence in Numismatic Scholarship, the Society's highest honor. He is a Fellow ofthe British Academy, and in 2012 was appointed Commander of the British Empire(CBE) by the Queen for services to the British Museum and to numismatics.

Dr. Lucia Carbone, Assistant Curator of Roman Coins and the scientific co-directorof the Roman Republican Die Project, will be the first ANS curator to hold thisendowed chair. Dr. Carbone first joined the Society in 2016, after receiving her PhDin Classical Studies at Columbia University.

Through her publications she has established herself as an expert in early Provincialcoinage, with a specific focus on the Province of Asia (modern Turkey). Her firstmonograph, published in 2020, is entitled Hidden Power. Late Cistophoric Productionand the Organization of Provincia Asia (128-89 BC), and deals with the impact ofRoman dominion on the pre-existing monetary system of the province. Herforthcoming book, Coinage in the Roman Provinces before RPC. The R.B.WitschonkeCollection, will offer insight into the complexities of Roman monetary and economicpolicy in the Mediterranean from the 2nd century BCE on.

An adjunct professor at Columbia University, Dr. Carbone has taught Romannumismatics, Latin, Greek, Roman history, and contemporary civilization at bothcollege and high school levels. She is also a member of the Executive Committee ofthe Board of Trustees of La Scuola d'Italia, an Italian international school based inManhattan, and actively cooperates with the Italian consulate regarding the Didacticof Ancient and Modern Languages in the US.

says ANSExecutive Director Gilles Bransbourg.

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Press Release: Andrew M. Burnett Chair of Roman Numismatics(http://numismatics.org/pr-burnett-chair/)