Barclay V. Head

Barclay V. Head


Barclay Vincent Head (1844-1914) was a British numismatist and keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum. Head started work at the British Museum in 1864. He rose to be keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum (1893 to 1906). He published over many years eight of the thirty book catalogue of the museum's Greek coins. He also published a standard work on the subject which went to a second edition.