Roman Coins from the Collection of the Late Alan Harrison
Alan Harrison (1933 - 2010)
Alan Harrison (1933-2010) came from a farming family and, as a young man, his discovery of a Roman villa on his parents' land at Winterton, Lincolnshire, led to a life-long interest in archaeology. He started field walking and, when metal detectors appeared, he was one of the first people to buy one.
Alan lived in north Lincolnshire all his life, leaving only to do his National Service in the RAF. For the rest of the time he was tirelessly recovering finds from ploughed-out archaeological sites; without him this material would have been lost forever. Everything Alan found was carefully identified and meticulously catalogued. It was not Alan's style to publish his discoveries himself; while sociable, he was a private man who preferred the quiet of his study or a Lincolnshire field, but he generously shared his work with scholars who have much for which to thank him.
Alan's interest in archaeology and numismatics led him to start a coin collection, firstly Roman and Celtic and later Greek coins; his knowledge and discerning eye allowing him to build a fine collection. Most of his archaeological finds he donated to the North Lincolnshire Museum in Scunthorpe, where they form a lasting memorial to a remarkable man who is best described using an old-fashioned term; a gentleman scholar and a true gentleman.
Collection Information
This collection was sold on 22 June 2011.
Other Collections Sold in 2011
- The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection
- The Allan and Janet Woodliffe Collection of Medals relating to the Reconquest and Pacification of The Sudan 1896-1956
- The Collection of Militaria Formed by The Late R.E. Handley
- Medals to Great War Casualties from the Collection of the late Ian Livesley
- The Late Jim Sazama Collection of Medieval Coins
- British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer
- World Paper Money From The Collection of The Late Julian Da Graca
- British Medals From the Collection of David Corrick
- British Coins from the Collection of Dr George de Bruin
- The Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins formed by the late Edward Roehrs
- The Collection of Irish Coins formed by the Late Adolf Ganter
- Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection
- 18th Century Tokens from the Dr Allen Bennett Collection
- The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection
- The Bob Blake Collection of Irish Banknotes
- The Peter Stanton Collection of Paper Money of Guernsey
- Roman Coins from the John Quinn Collection
- Greek Coins from the Collection of the Late Alan Harrison
- The Great War Medal Collection of Robin H.J. Darvell
- Roman Coins from the Collection of the Late Alan Harrison
- Collection of Sixpences formed by the late Alfred Bole
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