Philip Whitting donated his vast collection of principally Byzantine coins to the Barber Institute through the 1970s with his later acquisitions being absorbed by the Barber in the 1980s until his death in 1988. He was well-published on a number of topics relating to Byzantine numismatics and his unpublished writings about his coins can still be consulted at the Barber Institute. He also encouraged his friend and colleague, Geoffrey Haines, to donate his collection of principally Roman coins to the Barber Institute, the two collections forming the backbone of the Barber's collection to this day. Philip Whitting was also a lecturer in Byzantine Studies at the University of Birmingham and has the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies' prinicpal seminar room named after him.

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