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David R. Sear
Adviser - Ancient Rome

David brings almost five decades of professional involvement in ancient numismatics. His journey began with an early schoolboy fascination with Roman history, led through his first professional involvement in numismatics in the 1950s and continues to his present day status as doyen of ancient numismatics.
David is the author of an extensive series of books published over the past four decades aimed at covering the entire spectrum of ancient numismatics, from the beginnings of coinage in western Asia Minor around 600 BC to the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453. His works have become the standard handbooks for collectors of ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine coinage.

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Michael Miller:
Adviser- Prehistoric America, Ancient Maya

Michael first started in archeology when he was six years old and his grandfather introduced him to surface collecting artifacts. Beginning with his first discovery in a plowed field, he was hooked on archeology. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Archeology from the College of Wooster and a Masters in experimental archeology from The University of Exeter in England.
Michael is a dedicated flintknapper who has done extensive work on replicating biface manufacture during the Archaic Period in the Midwestern USA. Michael's knapped replicas can be found in private and public collections in all 50 states and around the world.

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Louise Belanger :
Adviser - Ancient Maya

Louise’s lengthy career in ancient Maya art began with a degree in Ceramics at Central St Martins, London UK , thence to archaeological illustration at the site of Lamanai in Belize, Central America. Travelling a career trajectory from ceramics to illustration to the medium of large scale oil paintings of shamanic images developed Louise’s understanding of the role of art and ritual in Ancient Mayan culture.
In 2001-2 she undertook the restoration of limestone masks at Lamanai for the Tourism Development Project and organised workshops in ceramics for villagers at the nearby village of Indian Church as part of a local craft development initiative.

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