William R Day JrWilliam R. Day, Jr, is an economic historian and numismatist. He completed his PhD on the early development of the Florentine economy, c.1100-1275 at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1999. In 2008-09, he was Jean-François MalleFellow at the Villa I Tatti (Harvard University Center of Italian Renaissance Studies) near Florence, where he initiated research on Florentine and other Italian personnel in foreign mints, 1200-1600. His publications on medieval numismatics include 'Early imitations of the gold florin of Florence and the imitation florin of Theodore I Paleologus, marquis of Montferrat (1306-38)' in The Numismatic Chronicle 168 (2004), 'I fiorini piemontesi nel Trecento: il fiorino del Marchese Teodoro I Paleologo di Monferrato (1306-38) nel contesto regionale, italiano ed europeo' in La moneta in Monferrato tra medioevo ed età moderna (edited by Luca Gianazza, 2009), and 'Fiorentini e altri italiani appaltatori di zecche straniere (1200-1600): un progetto di ricerca' in Annali di Storia di Firenze 5 (2010). He is also author of several articles on the economic history of medieval Florence. Read More Read Less