Joe Cribb
Keeper of Coins and Medals
Head of Department, Specialist in
Asian coins, Museum diversity champion
Department: Coins and Medals
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7323 8607
Email: jcribb @ thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Joe Cribb specializes in the history of coinage in Asia, with
particular focus on the pre-Islamic coinages of the territories now
represented by India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Kashmir and
Afghanistan. His interests also cover the history and practice of
numismatics. He is President of the Royal Numismatic Society
www.numismatics.org.uk and a
council member of the Oriental Numismatic Society www.onsnumis.org and the Royal
Asiatic Society www.royalasiaticsociety.org.
He is currently working on a catalogue of the coins of the Kushan
kings of ancient South and Central Asia(first to
fourth centuries AD).
Joe Cribb Is a trustee of Ditchling Museum,
Sussex www.ditchling-museum.com
and coordinator of the Eric Gill Society www.ericgill.org.uk.
Current British Museum projects
Catalogue of the Coins of the Kushan Kings
Previous British Museum projects
HSBC Money Gallery
External fellowships/ honorary positions/ membership of professional bodies
Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society,
1999
Award of the Hirayama Silk Road Institute,
Kamakura 1997
President of the Royal Numismatic Society www.numismatics.org.uk
Publications
J. Cribb, The origins of money - evidence from the ancient Near
East and Egypt, in La Banca Premonetale - Contributi culturale
e storici intorno alle prime forme di transazione mentaria, G.
Crapanzano (ed.) (Art Valley Association, Milan, 2004) pp.
79-122
J. Cribb, The Indian Coinage Tradition: Origins, Continuity
and Change, in Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic
Studies (Nasik), (2005) pp. 72
J. Cribb, Metallurgical Analysis of
Chinese Coins at the British Museum, with H. Wang, M. Cowell
and S. Bowman, (British Museum Research Publication no. 152, 2005)
pp. iv and 100
J. Cribb, Ancient Indian Coins from the
Chand Collection, (Rarities Ltd and Asian Civilisations
Museum, Singapore, 2003) pp. x and 66
J. Cribb, Money as Metaphor 1: Money is
Justice, in Numismatic Chronicle, (2005), pp. 417-438, pl.
47, 2: Money is Order, in Numismatic Chronicle, (2006),
pp. 494-516, pl. 83-96