Roger Bland retired in 2015 from the British Museum, where he was Keeper of the Department of Britain, Europe and Antiquities and founded the Portable Antiquities Scheme. His field of expertise is Roman coinage and hoards. He is currently President of the Royal Numismatic Society and in writing a volume in the series Roman Imperial Coinage. His book Hoards and Hoarding in Iron Age and Roman Britain (with 10 other authors) is published by Oxbow in April 2020. He is a Lay Minister in the Diocese of Norwich.