RNS Symposium 2026: Coinage in the Late Roman Empire & Early Medieval Europe

Coinage in the Late Roman Empire & Early Medieval Europe

Join us at the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge or Online on September 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM (BST) for a symposuym on the world of coinage during the Late Roman Empire and Early Medieval Europe.

To book your place, follow the link to our Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coinage-in-the-late-roman-empire-early-medieval-europe-tickets-1987944124390?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true#location

Students go free. Online attendance is £5. In-person attendance, which includes a buffet lunch and drinks reception afterward, is £23.50.

Registration
10:00 AM – 10:25 AM

Session 1
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

1030–1105: Kelly Clarke-Neish, ‘New approaches to the study of Britain’s “last” Roman hoards’ 1105–1140: Roger Bland, ‘Why does Britain have so many coin hoards of the 4th and 5th centuries?’ 1140–1215: Marcus Spencer-Brown, ‘The demise of base-metal coinage as a political medium in the Late Roman period’ 1215–1230: Session 1 Q&A

Lunch (sandwich lunch provided)
12:30 PM – 01:30 PM

Session 2
01:30 PM – 03:00 PM

1330–1405: John Naylor, ‘Coins and the individual: the use of gold and silver coinage in Early Anglo-Saxon burials’ 1405–1440: Tom Balbin-Estanguet, ‘Monetary evolution and rupture in Merovingian Aquitaine: the hoard evidence (6th – mid 8th c.)’ 1440–1500: Session 2 Q&A

Tea and coffee break
03:00 PM – 03:30 PM

Session 3
03:30 PM – 05:00 PM

1530–1600: Elina Screen, ‘Coinage in the late Carolingian empire: continuity or crisis?’ 1600–1630: Rory Naismith, ‘The management of minting in Early Medieval Europe’ 1630–1640: Session 3 Q&A 1640–1645: Final words from the President 1645–1700: End

Reception with drinks and light refreshments
05:00 PM – 06:15 PM