Richard Hobbs

Curator, Romano-British Collections
Roman Britain Department:
Prehistory and Europe

 

Richard Hobbs is jointly responsible for the Romano-British collections (alongside Dr Ralph Jackson), with a particular emphasis on metalwork (for example jewellery and silver plate). His research interests include the deposition of precious metals and food and banqueting, particularly in the late Roman Empire, and the use and deposition of coinage at Pompeii.

Prior to joining the department of Prehistory & Europe, Richard worked for the Portable Antiquities Scheme www.finds.org.uk as Outreach Officer and as Finds Liaison Officer in Kent. Prior to this he worked in the Department of Coins & Medals at the British Museum, where he developed an expertise in Iron Age and Roman coinage. He is currently working on the numismatic assemblage from the excavations conducted by the Anglo-American project in Pompeii www.bradford.ac.uk and the publication of the Mildenhall Treasure.

Contact

rhobbs@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7323 8294

Current projects

Previous projects

  • Lead curator of ‘Buried Treasure’ touring exhibition

  • Lead curator of Room 2

External fellowships

  • Visiting Research Fellow at Reading University

  • Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries

  • Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society

Recent publications

R. Hobbs (with contributions by J. Swaddling, J. Graham-Campbell & S. Marzinzik), 'The 'William Allen box': a Victorian Gentleman's collection of antiquities and curios', The Antiquaries Journal 91 (2011), pp. 283-321.

R. Hobbs, 'Platters in the Mildenhall Treasure', Britannia 41 (2010), pp. 24-33.

R. Hobbs (with R. Jackson), Roman Britain: Life at the Edge of Empire (London, British Museum Press, 2010)

R. Hobbs, 'The secret history of the Mildenhall Treasure', The Antiquaries Journal 88 (2008), pp. 376-420.

R. Hobbs, Late Roman Precious metal deposits, AD200-700: changes over time and space (Oxford, BAR Int Series 1504, 2006)

R. Hobbs, ‘Coins from the AAPP excavations: update 1’, Numismatic Chronicle,165 (2005), pp. 377-81.

R. Hobbs, Treasure: Finding our Past (London, British Museum Press, 2003)

R. Hobbs, ‘The Mildenhall Treasure: Roald Dahl’s ultimate tale of the unexpected?’ Antiquity, 71 (no. 271), March (1997), pp. 63-73

R. Hobbs, British Iron Age coins in the British Museum (London, British Museum Press, 1996)