Elizabeth Errington is a specialist on the archaeology of Gandhara and the collections of Charles Masson, and a numismatist specialising in Asian coins.
Errington grew up in Potchefstroom in South Africa and gained a diploma at the Johannesburg School of Art in 1967.
[1] Errington worked for the British Institute of Persian Studies in 1988 preparing the catalogue of the Ghubayra Excavations, Iran,[2] for publication.
After her PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Errington worked on the "Crossroads of Asia" exhibition and catalogue at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1992.
[3] She then joined the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum, working with Joe Cribb, Helen Wang, Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, and Robert Bracey on Asian coins, making a significant contribution to Silk Road Numismatics.