The BANS Autumn Weekend 2008.

The 2008 BANS Autumn Weekend, the traditional informal gathering of numismatists staged every September, will be held in the Lenton & Wortley Hall of Residence, part of the University of Nottingham, over the weekend of 5-7 September.

This year’s Weekend will encompass a wide range of topics, from Viking-age hoards and the famous Tealby hoard of Henry II pennies, right down to medieval and later coins from the excavations at the Vintry in London and the 1951 Festival of Britain crown. The organiser, Joe Bispham, has gathered together a particularly high calibre group of lecturers, including Christopher Challis, Kevin Clancy, Alan Dawson, Graham Dyer, Megan Gooch, Richard Kelleher, Philip Mernick, David Noakes and Mike Saxby, ensuring that this is an event not to be missed.

The Weekend enjoys financial support from the Royal Mint, the Royal Numismatic Society, Baldwins, Dix Noonan Webb and Spink. The full residential cost for single rooms, all with en-suite facilities, is £140, the same price as last year. For further details and to secure a place, please send a cheque for £40, made payable to Joe Bispham, to 103 Ferry Road, Hullbridge, Essex SS5 6EL.