 He became curator of coins and medals at the Yale University Art Gallery and professor of classics (adjunct) at Yale University in 2002; in 2007, his position was endowed as the Ben Lee Damsky Curator of Coins and Medals, a post he held until his retirement in 2014.Metcalf holds a number of honors and awards for his research and contributions to numismatics.Notable recognitions include his membership at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1988-1989, election to fellowship in the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1998, the Jeton de Vermeil of the Société française de Numismatique in 2008, and as the honorand of an annual lecture series in numismatics by the Archaeological Institute of America.