The John Sanford Saltus Medal is the premier distinction of the British Numismatic Society, awarded triennially, on the vote of Members, for the recipient's scholarly contributions to British Numismatics. The medal was established in 1910 with a generous donation by Mr John Sanford Saltus (1854-1922), a past-President of the Society.
Although the award was initially based on publications in the British Numismatic Journal, the regulations were widened in 2005 to take account of an author's entire publications in the field and to make non-members eligible for the award. An appeal in 2005 established a Prize Fund to support this and the Society's other prizes.
Recipients of the Medal
1910: P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton 1911: Helen Farquhar 1914: W. J. Andrew 1917: L. A. Lawrence 1920: Lt Col. H. W. Morrieson 1923: H. A. Parsons 1926: G. R. Francis 1929: J. S. Shirley-Fox 1932: C. Winter 1935: R. Carlyon-Britton 1938: W. C. Wells 1941: C. A. Whitton 1944: (Not awarded) 1947: R. C. Lockett 1950: C. E. Blunt 1953: D. F. Allen 1956: F. Elmore Jones 1959: R. H. M. Dolley 1962: H. H. King 1965: H. Schneider 1968: E. J. Winstanley 1968: C. W. Peck (posthumous award) 1971: B. H. I. H. Stewart 1974: C. S. S. Lyon 1977: S. E. Rigold 1980: Marion M. Archibald 1983: D. M. Metcalf 1986: Joan E. L. Murray 1989: H. E. Pagan 1992: C. E. Challis 1995: J. J. North 1997: P. Grierson (special award) 1999: R. H. Thompson 2002: E. M. Besly 2005: P. Woodhead 2008: M. A. S. Blackburn 2011: M. R. Allen 2014: N J Mayhew 2017: N M McQ Holmes 2020: D. Dykes 2023: B. J. Cook
References The Sanford Saltus Medal on the British Numismatic Society website