Treasure Valuation Committee
Biographical details
Professor Roger Bland OBE
Roger Bland was Keeper of the Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory at the British Museum, until July 2015, with responsibility for Portable Antiquities & Treasure. He is President of the British Numismatic Society and Vice-President of the Royal Numismatic Society. He is involved in writing and teaching, and is currently a Visiting Professor at the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, and churchwarden of St Margarets church, Cley-next-Sea in Norfolk.
Christopher Martin
Christopher Martin is the proprietor and Managing Director of CJ Martin Coins and Ancient Art Ltd, and St Jamess Ancient Art. He is also Chairman of the British Numismatic Trade Association, and of the Antiquities Dealers Association. He has extensive experience of independent valuation of antiquities, gained over some 40 years of trading.
Dr Tim Pestell
Dr Pestell is Senior Curator of Archaeology at Norfolk Museums Service, responsible for the post-Roman collections. Prior to that he was a self-employed archaeologist, carrying out post-excavation work, small finds reports and small archaeological evaluations. Between 1998-2002, he also lectured at the University of East Anglia, teaching Landscape Archaeology and History.
These roles are unpaid. All three new Committee members hold no other public appointments, and have each declared no political activity in the Un