Harold Mattingly (24 December 1884 – 26 January 1964) was a British classical scholar, specialising in art history and numismatics.
[2] He then studied classics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he achieved a double first and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1907.
At the close of hostilities he returned to his work at the British Museum and his attention carried him towards the study of antique coins.
These two translations were published together in 1948 by Penguin Books under the title Tacitus on Britain and Germany.
His son, Harold B. Mattingly (1923-2015) was also a celebrated numismatist, and President of the Royal Numismatic Society 1999-2004.