Mark Jones

Sir Mark Ellis Powell Jones (ur. 1951) jest brytyjskim numizmatykiem i dyrektorem muzeum. Swoją karierę rozpoczął w Departamencie Monet i Medali Muzeum Brytyjskiego, gdzie pracował przez 18 lat i był kuratorem wpływowych wystaw, w tym FAKE? The Art of Deception. Jego praca tam podkreśliła jego doświadczenie w badaniu i interpretacji monet i medali.

W 1992 roku Jones został dyrektorem Muzeów Narodowych Szkocji, nadzorując utworzenie Muzeum Szkocji. Później, jako dyrektor Muzeum Wiktorii i Alberta w latach 2001-2011, był orędownikiem publicznego dostępu do zbiorów i przewodził dużym projektom przebudowy.

Jones został doceniony za swój wkład w numizmatykę i kuratelę muzealną, w tym za wybór na członka Society of Antiquaries of London i tytuł szlachecki w 2010 roku za zasługi dla sztuki. W 2023 r. został mianowany tymczasowym dyrektorem British Museum.

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Sir Mark Ellis Powell Jones (born 1951) is a British numismatist and museum director. He began his career at the British Museum's Department of Coins and Medals, where he worked for 18 years and curated influential exhibitions, including FAKE? The Art of Deception. His work there highlighted his expertise in the study and interpretation of coinage and medals.

In 1992, Jones became the director of the National Museums of Scotland, overseeing the creation of the Museum of Scotland. Later, as director of the Victoria and Albert Museum from 2001 to 2011, he championed public access to collections and spearheaded major redevelopment projects.

Jones has been recognized for his contributions to numismatics and museum curation, including his election as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and his knighthood in 2010 for services to the arts. In 2023, he was appointed interim director of the British Museum.

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Authored books

• 1977
  Medals of the French Revolution
• 1979
  The Art of the medal
• 1979
  The Dance of Death
• 1982
  A Catalogue of the French Medals in the British Museum / Volume 1. 1402-1610
• 1986
  Contemporary British Medals
• 1988
  French Medals 1600-1672 / Volume 2. 1600-1672
• 2025
  William Wyon

Articles

1948
• “The Stephen mint of BRAN ...: a new attribution”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 25, pages 119-124.
• “An unpublished “mule” of Stephen”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 25, pages 230-231.
• “The last Short Cross issue of Henry III (class 8)”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 25, pages 286-290.
1951
• “Hedon near Hull - a new Norman mint”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 26, pages 28-30.
1954
• “New light on the Abbot of Peterborough in the Norman period”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 27, pages 179-181.
1957
• “A fine Ancient British coin from Colchester”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 28, pages 400-403 (with Derek Fortrose Allen, J. E.).
• “An unpublished mule of Edward the Confessor”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 28, page 189-189.
• “Thoughts on the Norman coinage of Wales in the light of two additions to A contemporary forgery of a Dobuni coin from Wiltshire”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 28, pages 509-517 (with F. K. Annable, Donald M. Stewart).
• “A Pre-Treaty Edward III groat, Lawrence type G, with a new reverse Stephen type VII”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 28, pages 537-554 (with E. C. Linton).
1959
• “A parcel of Cross-and-Crosslets pence from the Tealby find”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 29, pages 82-86 (with Reginald Hugh Michael Dolley).
• ““EDWARDVS REX AIN” - De Bury or Hatfield?: a new approach to an old problem”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 29, pages 326-333.
• “Two unpublished Barnstaple/Exeter die-links”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 29, pages 417-190.
1961
• “The mint of Axbridge”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 30, pages 61-69.
• ““EDWARDVS REX AIN” - De Bury or Hatfield?: a new approach to an old problem”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 30, pages 363-365.
• “A new mint for Stephen type 7”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 30, pages 188-189.
1962
• “Four Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet notes: [1] The mysterious mint of “DERNT””, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 31, pages 66-68.
• “Four Anglo-Saxon, Norman, and Plantagenet notes: [2] Two unpublished pennies of William II”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 31, pages 68-70.
• “Four Anglo-Saxon, Norman, and Plantagenet notes: [3] Stephen type VII: four “new” coins”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 31, pages 71-72.
• “Four Anglo-Saxon, Norman, and Plantagenet notes: [4] An unpublished Edward III/Edward II mule”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 31, pages 72-73.
1964
• “Norwich or Northampton - a “shortcross” problem”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 33, pages 70-72.
• “Four “new” coins of the Huntingdon mint”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 33, pages 168-169.
1966
• “The emergency mint of Wilton in 1180”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 35, pages 116-119 (with John David Brand).
1967
• “A remarkable parcel of Norman pennies in Moscow”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 36, pages 86-92 (with Christopher Everlyn Blunt).
1968
• “A note on the mint of Horncastle”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 37, pages 191-192.
1969
• “Vettienus Monetalis”, Museum Notes, Volume 15, pages 73-76.
1970
• “Southampton/Winchester die-links in Canutes Quatrefoil type”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 39, pages 6-11.
• “Stephen type VII: a “new” mint”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 39, pages 164-165.
• “A Supplementary Note on the Mint of Bedwyn and Marlborough”, Mints, Dies and Currency. Essays in Memory of Albert Baldwin.
1971
• “Some Numismatic Problems in the Delian Inscriptions”, Museum Notes, Volume 17, pages 127-136.
1974
• “Further Notes on the Delian Inscriptions”, Museum Notes, Volume 19, page 1.
1977
• “Book review: Louis XV. Un moment de perfection de l'art Français. Hotel de la Monnaie”, The Numismatic Chronicle, Series 7, Volume 17 (137), pages 246-247.
• “Book review: Medals and Plaqettes from the Molinari Collection at Bowdoin College (authored by: Andrea S. Norris, Ingrid Weber, Graham Pollard)”, The Numismatic Chronicle, Series 7, Volume 17 (137), pages 247-249.
1982
• “The Medal as an Instrument of Propaganda in Late 17th and Early 18th Century Europe: PART 1”, The Numismatic Chronicle, Volume 142, pages 117-126.
1983
• “The Medal as an Instrument of Propaganda in Late 17th and Early 18th Century Europe PART 2”, The Numismatic Chronicle, Volume 143, pages 202-213.
• “The Technique of Simon Van De Passe Reconsidered”, The Numismatic Chronicle, Volume 143, pages 227-230.
1984
• “The Fothergillian medal of the Royal Humane Society”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 54, pages 248-262.
1985
• “Richter's Medals for the Swedish Club”, The Numismatic Chronicle, Volume 145, pages 249-254.
1993
• “Medals as money”, Rivista Italiana di Numismatica (Italian Numismatics Magazine), Volume XCV.
1994
• “Book review: Artistic Circles: The Medal in Britain 1880-1918 (authored by: Philip Attwood)”, The Numismatic Chronicle, Volume 154, pages 338-339.
2011
• “Dies of Henry le Rus”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 81, pages 234-237 (with Keith F. Sugden).
2012
• “The Prestbury Civil War Hoard”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 82, pages 133-145 (with Keith F. Sugden).
2013
• “The later posthumous coinage of William the Lion”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 83, pages 241-244 (with Keith F. Sugden).
2015
• ““Un compte public de toutes leurs actions à tout l’univers et à tous les siècles”. The King and his Public: dilemmas around the representation of Louis XIV in the Medallic History of his reign”, Revue Numismatique, 2015: 172e volume, pages 161-176.
2020
• “Louis XIV’s campaigns in the Low Countries and the Little Academy”, Revue belge de numismatique et de sigillographie (Belgian Journal of Numismatics and Sigillography), Volume CLXVI.
• “Hieron II, Ptolemy, and the ‘Ptolemies’: numismatic imitation and bronze coinage in Hellenistic Sicily”, Revue belge de numismatique et de sigillographie (Belgian Journal of Numismatics and Sigillography), Volume CLXVI.
2023
• “Review: Philip Attwood, Mary Gillick Sculptor and Medallist”, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 93.

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