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Brief note from Philip Grierson, manuscript, dated from Cambridge on 19 September 1991, with one attachment. The note serves in the place of a cover letter for the attachment, which consists in a photocopy of PG's contribution to James Powell's Medieval Studies in a new edition.

Brief "post-it" note from Philip Grierson, manuscript, dated from Cambridge on 19 September 1991, with one attachment. The note serves in the place of a cover letter for the attachment, which consists in an offprint of the text of an interview with Philip Grierson published in the Numismatic Circular.

Five cards from Philip Grierson, all in manuscript. The first, dated 2 January 1963 (a), concerns arrangements for an upcoming visit of IS to Cambridge. In the second card, dated 17 January 1963 (b), PG states that the Norðleoda laga and Be Mircna laga [Early English Laws] "have nothing to do with Athelstan" but were, in his "private opinion", "systematizations [sic] of Abb. Wulfstan of York and little more than the vagaries of a learned man". He notes that the College is "slightly fractious" that he booked a guest room [for IS?] on the 9th, since there is a feast that evening. In the third card, dated 29 January 1963 (c), PG discusses the logistics of having his [and IS's] work typed, his work on the metrology chapter for Coins & Medals and the forthcoming visit of IS. In the fourth card, dated 11 April 1963 (d), PG writes that "April 20/21 is no good", since he will be in Spoleto then, but he expects to return in time for Metcalf's paper. PG writes that he's "glad to hear about Engel & Serrure" but laments the little time that he has for numismatics work. In the last card, dated 2 May 1963 (e), PG looks forward to another visit from IS, promising to switch from Milanese coinage to whatever subject IS may wish. He also mentions that he despatched a diatribe on mint output to Spink's in response to something that he recently received, but he regrets having done so, as he dislikes controversy.

Four letters from Philip Grierson, in typescript, two with manuscript addenda. In the first letter, dated 3 November 1960 (a), PG responds to a proposal for a new book by IS, notes a forthcoming visit of IS to Cambridge, and invites IS to dine with him on the 26th. PG also notes that there are now three separate plans for a new book, of which the one proposed by IS has the most promise. There is a manuscript addendum in which PG uses a spelling error in the letter as a segue into one that he discovered in a tenth-century Italian source, resolving a question over a unit of weight called a "gradina", which turned out to be a "dragma". In the second letter, dated 13 November 1960 (b), PG mentions an enclosure, no longer attached, which sketches out a plan based on IS's scheme. In the third letter, dated 18 December 1960 (c), PG mentions another enclosure, again no longer attached, this time of a revised table of contents [for their proposed book]. He also states that, in response to some queries of IS on Scottish coinage, he is sending his entire folder of notes on Scottish gold. In the fourth letter, dated 29 December 1960 (d), PG relates that he took some work "home" to do over the holiday but spent his time reading a Russian book on astronomy; he also mentions a forthcoming trip to Belgium and makes arrangements to dine out with IS in Cambridge on the 14th. There is also a handwritten addendum in which PG asks IS if he will brunch with him on the 15th and then play a game of squash in the afternoon.

Letter from Philip Grierson, in typescript, single page, dated 25 November 1967, asking IS whether he would like a photocopy of the essential section of Hulm's history of the mint presented as evidence to the Royal Commission in 1848. He congratulates IS on his recent publications in the BNJ and SCMB and then makes two comments on the latter. In the first, he provides an argument that could reinforce the contention of IS that the Heraclius hexagram was the prototype for the cross-on-steps coins, but there is a marginal annotation "No", which suggests that IS rejected the argument. In the second, PG expresses doubts about the change from Eboracum to Ebraice, suggesting consultation with "a Scandinavian expert – or Dorothy – [...] as to how a Viking would have pronounced Eoferwic (or whatever York was called)". He concludes with a note about the poor results from "Lyon's instances of die proportions".

Letter from Philip Grierson, in typescript, dated 24 April 2004, thanking IS for a package of articles that had arrived about a week earlier and noting that his reply has been delayed by his preoccupations with work on MEC 7 [on the Low Countries] and his income taxes. PG comments upon the articles that IS sent, particularly upon a photograph of him that appears in one of them.

Letter from Philip Grierson, in typescript, dated 10 March 1999, following up on an earlier telephone conversation with IS and committing to paper the information that PG is seeking "about the late Professor David Daube's family". PG recounts how Professor Daube and his wife Herta (née Aufseesser) were arrested in Germany as Jews after Kristallnacht in November 1938 and how he managed to obtain "permits for them to come and settle in England". [Kristallnacht was 9/10 November.] On the basis of the entries in his passport, PG states that he flew to Germany with the necessary documents on November 17th, spent a week at Freiburg-im-Breisgau where the family lived, and returned to England on the 23rd. The permits were issued "probably on November 14th", the date on which the German Consulate in London issued his own visa for travelling to Germany. PG is looking for "the names of those who were covered by the permits", noting that the ones he remembers are "David's older brother Benjamin [...] and his wife's parents", but he cannot recall whether Professor Daube's parents were included. PG is asking IS whether he can suggest a way of pursuing the questions.

Letter from Philip Grierson, in typescript, one folio [recto & verso], dated from Paris on 11 March 1964, returning "various things" and commenting upon the weather and efforts of the Presses Universitaires to track down the heirs of Engel but focusing mainly on dies and die output. He refers to "Newcastle/Bristol 1300-1302", "York 1353/1354", "Potter in BNJ 28 (1955-1957), 303" and "Potter in BNJ 31 (1962) 137". In conclusion, PG supposes that medieval dies were likely to be short-lived due to closely packed detail and narrow ridges of iron becoming blurred. There is a manuscript addendum that refers to an enclosure, no longer with the letter, described as "a not very promising letter from the Presses Universitaires" that "need not be returned".

Letter from Philip Grierson, in typescript, dated 5 February 1983, beginning with arrangements for IS's upcoming visit to Cambridge, then discussing Clare's plans for the construction of a new college library in the middle of Memorial Court, which PG regards most unfavourably. He continues with the rumour that the next Regius Professor will be Hugh Thomas, wonders "why anyone should want a political career", passes on news of the death of Hävernick and Yvon, and comments on the poor condition of Otto Mørkholm. There are some annotations on the verso in the manuscript of IS.

Letter from Philip Grierson, in typescript, single page, dated 20 December 1954, returning a photo of James III and noting that, according to [Edgar] Winstanley, IS will be "somewhere" in the Mediterranean "in H.M. services" during Christmas. He also asks for an offprint of IS's last article in the BNJ as well as the photo in Fig. 3, which he wishes to use in a lecture on coin portraiture. PG then offers a series of comments, presumably on the article, mainly in connection with coin portraiture, concluding that he is "inclined to think that Scottish coin is the earliest portrait outside of Italy". He further states that "it is particularly interesting [...] because the ¾ facing bust derives from paintings [...]".

Letter from Philip Grierson, in typescript, single page, dated 1 December 1963, congratulating IS on his recent contributions to the BNJ, especially the MOT article. He also comments on Potter's contribution, mentions his progress on Byzantine Numismatics, and states that he has "drafted a further note on [the] Delgany [hoard]".

Photocopy of letter from Philip Grierson to Hugh Pagan, typescript, two pages on two folios, recto only, dated 4 December 1969, thanking HEP for his revised version of the Challis scheme. PG notes that he has made further changes and refers to an enclosure of a new version, which he hopes may "be taken as a final formula". He summarises the ways in which it differs from the Challis scheme and HEP's revised scheme, and he then makes several further points regarding the way weights are expressed; the possible suppression of the fineness column for coins of the Middle Ages, when fineness was stable; the retention of HEP's full-stops and commas in the references; the provision "sometimes made for the minting of specified fractions of bullion into particular denominations", which may not always have been observed; the necessity (or lack thereof) of including such minutiae as oz and dwt in the table for mint output; and the usefulness of including the dates of records that stipulate weight and fineness. The letter is not signed by PG but includes, in PG's hand, a short manuscript note in the upper left corner of the first page that reads "Ian, for information".

Letter from Philip Grierson, in typescript, single page, dated 11 November 1967, with two attachments. In the letter, PG provides IS with bibliographical details of an article by [Alfred] Bellinger that appeared in the the American Numismatic Society Museum Notes volume for that year. PG is writing mainly to provide a cover letter for the attachments, which consists in photocopies of "the calendars of the two main blocks of mint records in the PRO". There is a further page covering the English mint at Calais. PG notes that he had to pay for the photocopies at the University Library and suggests that IS may wish to add 15/– to their account if he is feeling generous but may otherwise regard the photocopies as a gift. PG adds two further notes to explain the character of the mint records in question.

Letter from Philip Grierson with two attachments:
(a) letter, in typescript, single page, dated 2 November 1970, beginning with discussion of the earliest mint report of 1870, evidently in response to a query about the numbering of dies. He guesses one pair of dies per dozen "was numbered in this way". He mentions the enclosed quotation of Ansell.
(b) first attachment, in typescript, undated, labelled "Numbers of dies used" for pence, halfpence and farthings for the years 1868, 1869 and 1870, referencing G. F. Ansell, The Royal Mint, 3rd ed. (London 1871), pp. 76-80, which described die making.
(c) second attachment, in manuscript, undated but on scrap paper bearing the date 11 June 1962, giving figures for the "No. [of coins] struck per pair of dies" for the sovereign, half-sovereign, half-crown, florin, shilling, sixpence, threepence, pence, halfpence, farthing and maundy coin of 4d, 3d, 2d and 1d, referencing the 7th Annual Report of the Deputy Master of the Mint, 1876, p. 38.

Note from Philip Grierson, in manuscript, on a postcard-sized cutting of scrap paper, dated 20 March 1985, as cover for an attachment concerning efforts to obtain further research funding for work towards vol. 1 of Medieval European Coinage on the the Early Middle Ages. The attachment, in typescript, undated, is entitled 'Research Funding: Conspectus of Medieval European Coinage'. It puts forward the recommendation to the Sylloge committee (i.e. of the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles) that the Medieval European Coinage project ask the [British] Academy to provide the project with direct financial assistance. It sets out an original proposal for a series of thirteen volumes and arrangements for ongoing financial support.

Card from Philip Grierson, manuscript, dated 4 January 1973, asking IS for a copy of a recent debate in the House of Lords during which there was discussion on how coins are used.

Card from Philip Grierson, manuscript, dated 4 January 1973, concerning the Tudor coinage, circulation estimates, and the dating of the inception of a particular coinage of Henry VIII.

One card from Philip Grierson, in manuscript, dated 17 October 1979 (or possibly 1978?), complaining about a government working party called the Library Advisory Council set up in 1978 to report on the development of libraries. The card concludes with the note "Back to numismatics! What a different view from the Parthenon", in reference to the postcard image on the other side of the card, showing the "View from the Parthenon, Athens". Staple holes in the card suggest that the card was originally attached to other material, no longer attached.

One card from Philip Grierson, in manuscript, dated 5 April 1987, thanking IS for his "kind review" and relating that he is thinking of going to Luxembourg to see Raymond Weiller and to examine the collection there.

One letter and one card from Philip Grierson:
(a) letter, in typescript, single page, dated 4 January 1968, noting that he has been so wrapped up with work on DOC vol. 2 that he now has nothing in the press, which is highly unusual, and that Owen Chadwick passed him "a long letter from D. E. Williams with fantasies about Cuerdale". He also says that a bad cold kept him from coming into town this week and reports on his forthcoming movements. There is a manuscript addendum in which PG states that he has "found some texts allowing [him] to identify – and date – Henry VII's dandyprats. They are half-groats of his 3rd Irish issue, and were struck in Oct. or Nov. 1492".
(b) card, in manuscript, same date, stating that the origin of the unusual cross form on Cuerdale K.I, 3 must be the rare papal denaro of Hadrian I (772-795) in CNI XV, pl. IV.3.

One memorandum and one letter from Philip Grierson:
(a) memorandum, without cover letter, as photocopy of typescript, subscribed "PG", dated 12 May 1966, entitled "Mint locations" and outlining some of the principal determinants of mint location, evidently in the context of the early Middle Ages and especially Anglo-Saxon coinage.
(b) letter, in typescript, dated 3 October 1966, dealing mainly with "Potter's comments on the sovereigns", to which PG responds on three points, namely "the order of the marks", "the lettering and stops associated with the marks", and the lettering of the cross fitchy sovereign.

Correspondence from Philip Grierson, with much of the early material, up to 1963, focusing on PG's collaboration with IS in book projects; the subsequent material focuses on a range of numismatic topics.

Manuscript and typescript papers of Philip Grierson without accompanying correspondence

Two items relating to Philip Grierson's presentation at the Spoleto conference on the theme of Money and exchange in the Early Middle Ages (Moneta e scambi nell'alto medioevo), 21-17 April 1960:
(a) Précis of 'Function sociale', I: Mr Grierson's Hypothesis, manuscript, eight pages on eight recycled folios, otherwise unattributed and undated, summarising in English the argument ultimately put forward in published form in Philip Grierson, 'La fonction sociale de la monnaie en Angleterre aux VIIe-VIIIe siècle', Settimane di studio del Centro italiano di studi sull'alto medioevo, vol. 8: Moneta e scambi nell'alto medioevo (Spoleto: Centro italiano di studi sull'alto medioevo, 1961), pp. 341-385. The author of the précis is unknown, but it is written in a hand resembling that of IS on the verso of a typescript on "An uncertain mint of David I [of Scotland]".
(b) typescript, five pages on five folios (recto only), unattributed, undated and untitled, but a draft account of the discussion that followed PG's delivery of his paper at Spoleto in April 1960.

Six letters from Philip Grierson, all in typescript:
(a) dated 15 March 1963, advising that he "cannot manage next Wednesday", as he is soon leaving for Marseilles; there is a short paragraph on the logistics of typing, and a longer one in which PG explains why he has "managed no more of either book"; the reasons include the work he has done on a recent lecture on weight and coinage, a draft article on mint output in England and price changes, 15550-1640 (in response to a piece in the EconHR), and three lectures for France and Italy on Renaissance coin portraiture, coinage in Piedmont and Savoy in the 13th century, and the mint of Pavia in the early Middle Ages.
(b) dated 7 May 1963, thanking IS for offprints, the returned "Oboli" and a cheque; PG says that he has dictated material on modern methods of coinage for Coins & Medals and "was going to write [...] anyway to let off steam" in response to a note from Humphrey [Sutherland?] asking him "to excuse [Michael] Metcalf's shortcomings"; he wishes IS an enjoyable time at sea and adds in a PS that the typing of IS's material is delayed.
(c) dated 17 May 1963, informing IS that his typing has been done; PG states that he has retained a copy for use in Coins & Medals and discusses some of his recent work.
(d) dated 23 May 1963, providing cover for a photocopy "of a bit of Coins and Medals" that "can be used for Med. Num.", giving news of his work, thanking IS for a postcard and referring to a ducat that "was a bargain at 45/-"; PG asks if he will see IS at the June RNS, as he expects to have limited time until September.
(e) dated 11 June 1963, mentioning his still unfinished work on metrology and asking IS to have a look at his presidential address; he notes that Walker had sent him IS's paper on Mediaeval Die-Output, on which he suggests that IS make clear the difference between what dies could strike and what they did strike, which depended on circumstances; he mentions a forthcoming trip to Germany and says that he had not heard about Dolley going to Belfast, which he characterises as a mistake; there is a brief manuscript addition about the Dolley/Lagerquist paper.
(f) dated 30 October 1963, beginning with typing and then adding that he has drafted "a sizable chunk of an "Introduction to Byzentine Coinage" in preparation for his ten lectures in Paris in the spring, about which he has discussed with [Paul] Lemerle "whether they might make a book".

Six letters from Philip Grierson, all in typescript:
(a) dated 25 May 1962, referring to a draft and the "terminus post quem" formula but is taken up mostly with discussion of the recent presentation of a paper [by PG?]. There are allusions to "die alterations and imperial beards", "punching out after striking", "off-centre striking with collared dies", and interventions of Potter and Derek [Allen]. PG concludes by stating the Peter Wait had visited recently and was impressed by their progress.
(b) dated 1 June 1962, touching again upon the "terminus post quem" problem, with PG stating that he has no objection to "termini inter quos". The discussion then moves on to PG's overdue draft of Chapter 14 and IS's draft of Chapter 15, arrangements for IS's next visit to Cambridge, the prospect of missing Peter Spufford's wedding, "the strange indifference of Portuguese die-cutters to grammar in the 15th century", PG's work on Forgeries in Coins and Medals, and [Michael] Metcalf's German article on coin finds, which PG describes as "only giving scientific pseudo-verisimilitude to a lot of things that aren't scientific at all". PG comments on the article in three further paragraphs and includes an excerpt on the author's coin find statistics as an attachment.
(c) dated 4 June 1962, in which PG first complains of a recent encounter with a customs officer at Dover. He then states that he did not manage to do Chapter 14 over the weekend but did finish the work on forgeries, and he discusses again arrangements for IS's forthcoming visit to Cambridge. There is further reaction to Metcalf's article "as an example of how not to use statistics" and a note to say that "Peter Tranchell asks whether 'termini inter quibus' would not be better"? The letter concludes with small amendments for the Dating chapter. There is a manuscript PS in which PG advises IS that it may be some days before he is able to send him the Forgeries material and that Chapter 14 requires complete rearrangement.
(d) dated 7 June 1962, providing cover for several enclosures, no longer attached: IS's "moneta" article, with comments from Dorothy Whitelock and someone named Page who PG doesn't know; the C&M chapter on "Counterfeits and Forgeries" for use in Chapter 20; and the C&M section on "Treasure Trove". The letter concludes with a discussion of Chapter 14, a reference to the problem of PG's "wandering attention" and a short manuscript PS on "medieval knowledge of the classics".
(e) dated 15 July 1962, likewise providing cover for several enclosures, no longer attached: IS's Coinage of England, a retyped Table of contents, a top copy of revised Chapter 15, and an offprint of "Byzantine beards". There is a manuscript addendum that gives PG's address for the rest of the summer at Dumbarton Oaks.
(f) dated from Dumbarton Oaks on 19 September 1962, the day before his return to PG's Cambridge, stating that he would be disinclined to write a preface for a new edition of Engel-Serrure if it were to be merely a reprint. He suggests that a more useful service would be the preparation of an index for the book. He noted the existence of a manuscript index now in the BN, with a photo-copy at the ANS. PG asks IS to let him know when he will next be in Cambridge. He concludes with comments about the recent "string of Byzantine articles" that Metcalf has published.

"Some comments on 'Circling the Square' ", by Philip Grierson, typescript, two pages on two folios (recto only), dated 5 October 1963, addressing specific points in the paper of that title by Stewart Lyon and Peter Sawyer. PG expresses reservations about some of the paper's assumptions, implications, terminology, etc.

"The purpose of the Sutton Hoo coins", by Philip Grierson, typescript (copy), six pages on six folios (recto only), undated but datable to no later than 1970 when the published version appeared in the journal Antiquity.

Three brief "post-it" notes from Philip Grierson with three attachments:
(a) manuscript, dated 8 December 1991, serving in the place of a cover letter for an eight-page attachment of PG's forward to Lucia Travaini's book "Storia di una passione: Vittorio Emanuele III e le monete" (Salerno 1991) and sending IS "good wishes for Xmas and 1992".
(b) manuscript, dated 9 April 1994, serving in the place of a cover letter for a six-page attachment of PG's summary of "The Dumbarton Oaks Coin Collection", International Numismatic Commission, Compte rendu, vol. 40 (1993), pp. 55-60.
(c) manuscript, dated 17 December 1997, serving in the place of a cover letter for a single-page typescript of Lucia Travaini containing the rudiments of an article on a hoard of English pennies found at Pontremoli in Italy around 1822.

One card and five letters from Philip Grierson:
(a) manuscript card dated 18 February 1962, in which PG expresses sorrow that IS is "laid up" so that he did not see him the previous evening; he has some draft material to pass along to him and wishes to know whether IS will attend the "Royal" on Wednesday so that he may do so then. There is an annotation in pencil on the recto.
(b) manuscript letter on Club de la Fondation Universitaire letterhead (Bruxelles) dated 4 avril 1962, in which PG thanks IS for leaving the MS for him along with the notes and comments. He writes that his lecturing obligations leave him little free time, but he admits to expending much of what he has on pleasure reading and museum visits. He then discusses Chapter 1, which he says is not shaping up very well. PG mentions his plans to return to Cambridge on 18 April and apologises for missing two papers because of an appalling cold.
(c) manuscript card dated 2 July 1962, in which PG passes along to IS the address of a Russian scholar (Golenko).
(d) typescript letter dated 17 August and sent from Dumbarton Oaks, in which PG agrees to set aside Chapter 15 for later and states that he followed IS's advice and "began something general on Byzantine numismatics". The is some annotation about the "Hoard lit." on the verso.
(e) manuscript card dated 25 October 1962, PG enthuses about his "most interesting acquisition for a long time": an imitation gigliato struck under the Turkish emirs of Aydin at Ephesus in Asia Minor in the fourteenth century. PG gives a transcription of the legend: +MONETA:QUE:FIT:IN:ThEOLOGOS; +:DE:MANDATO:DNI:EIUS:DE:LOCI.
(f) a typescript letter of 13 November 1962, in which PG thanks IS for the paper on die output and states that he has been unproductive since returning from Dumbarton Oaks but has now started to revise his presidential address, which he expects Michael [Metcalf?] is busy refuting. Grierson discusses his own work on sovereigns as well as Winstanley's and Blunt's interest in the same. PG mentions that "The Age of the Vikings looks superficially very good", passes along the address of a Polish scholar (Tabaczynski) to IS, makes a reference to [Michael] Metcalf and looks forward to their next meetings.
(g) typescript letter 29 December 1962, in which PG states that he has been working on weights, received some nice coins from sales in Switzerland and Italy, and has just received the Huntington medal from the ANS.

Three cards, in manuscript, and two letters, in typescript:
(a) card, dated 12 April 1980, about the casts of an unusual coin with the legend DИHИVVDOVꙄNH ΛVC.
(b) letter, dated 17 November 1980 from Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), thanking IS for his letter and birthday wishes and noting that he had not heard about the St Peter die; PG mentions the US elections but complains that the students lost interest in the returns once Carter had conceded; he is pleased at the progress of IS on Dark Age Coins and English Coins I, and he says that he will be interested in IS's comments on his drafts on some mints in the kingdom of Arles and on another draft on the florin; he concludes with discussion of the weather.
(c) letter, dated 6 June 1981, expressing his concerns about renovationes and why they begin; he wonders whether the Anglo-Saxon might have introduced the practice as a result of dies falling into the wrong hands, as happened in Sardinia in 1355.
(d) card, dated 11 June 1981, in which PG expresses his delight at IS's imminent election to the [British] Academy.
(e) card, dated 17 February 1982, thanking IS for letting him know of a Harthacnut [coin] that differs in type from the one in his collection and noting that his calendar is full until his departure for Dumbarton Oaks.

Three letters from Philip Grierson, all typescript and single page:
(a) dated 28 April 1964, advising that the coin of IS "is probably an unknown piece of Arnold of Orey, lord of Rummen (near Limburg in the Netherlands), 1331-1364". PG states that he "might do site finds" [for a forthcoming lecture?] but worries about appearing "to be picking on Michael Metcalf". There are also references to an "electrical opinion" that IS has asked about, arrangements for IS's forthcoming visit and the fact that Mrs Webb [College typist] is resigning.
(b) dated 25 June 1964, saying that Johnson has sent prints of the relevant accounts and mentions references to dies in them. He also says that he talked "to Graham Pyatt about his die formula" and that "he [i.e. Graham Pyatt] will try to interest a candidate for a diploma in working it out". PG suggests that IS "might find it worth getting in touch with him and explaining the range of figures required". He concludes by giving his US address in Washington. In addition, there is a manuscript indicating the someone's totals require attention.
(c) dated 18 September 1964, beginning with a few words about his recent and imminent movements and hoping that IS had a pleasant trip in the Mediterranean. There are short paragraphs on die-output and possible venues for publication of the Oreye coin, a very brief comment on a "Mamluq book", and a note about arrangements for forthcoming meeting with IS.

Two cards and five letters from Philip Grierson:
(a) manuscript card dated 26 March 1961, in which PG apologises to IS for not being able to attend his paper on the following evening due a cold acquired in Ireland and an excess of work that needs to be completed hastily.
(b) typescript letter dated 1 June 1961, in which PG recounts taking coffee with Dorothy Whitelock, apologises that he has been able to show IS nothing new, notes that he is sending two offprints under separate cover, and mentions that "the Fitzwilliam Guide to Medieval Coins [...] threatens to founder over finance".
(c) typescript letter dated 19 June 1961, in which PG relates his discovery in the Thomsen catalogue of a familiar Salvator penny with the unfamiliar reading KAROLVS instead of JACOBVS, adding that he wrote about to Mørkholm, who confirmed the reading and sent rubbings. He also notes discusses IS's chapter on Collections of Material and alludes to IS's forthcoming visit on Saturday.
(d) typescript letter dated 28 August 1961, in which PG thanks IS for his recent letter and congratulates him for completing a lengthy review. He also mentions his ongoing work on Byzantine coins, a recent communication from Peter Wait about a Guide to the Principal Coins of the M[iddle] A[ges], his return of sterling to IS, and a cast that Mørkholm sent from Denmark.
(e) manuscript card dated 25 October 1961, in which PG reminds IS that he will be away in Rome on the the 4th and asks whether IS needs a room in college for the weekend of the 11th. PG also asks whether IS knows the Ledger of Andrew Halyburton (1867), which he says is full of coin references from around 1500, and the Compt Buik of David Wedderburne (1898), which "is full of interesting things".
(f) typescript letter dated 31 October 1961, in which PG tells IS that he has made arrangements for his forthcoming visit, including the reservation of a squash court, quotes "the most monstrous piece of verbiage [...] from Toynbee's Study of History", agrees to an agenda [for the visit of IS] and concludes with an update on his work on weights and measures.
(g) typescript letter dated 17 November 1961, in which PG promises to ask Mørkholm for another cast [of the Salvator penny on IS's behalf]. There is discussion about "the Samos paper" and "Robinson's suggestion about a steady limited coinage", and about "a fascinating group of documents" on Scottish weights and measures.

Two cards and one letter from Philip Grierson:
(a) postcard showing image of a Greek temple on one side, with note in manuscript on the other, dated from Cambridge 2 March 1994, thanking IS for the "nice things written about me in the AJ" and mentioning the proofs that he just received "of the short record [...] written for the CR of the International Numismatic Commission of the DO coin collections"; there is a further note to say that the postcard was "bought in 1932"!
(b) letter, in typescript, dated 14 June 1996, evidently in response to a query of IS about sources regarding the introduction of gold coins in England in 1343-1344; there are further notes about PG's account of the ANS and his short piece about John Kent, which required only a slight amendment after Kent's receipt of the Huntington Medal the previous year.
(c) postcard from the Fitzwilliam Museum showing images of a gold sovereign of Henry VII on one side, with manuscript note on the other, dated 28 May 1997, thanking in IS for the ride to KC [King's Cross] and the provision of reading material – "the Salisbury catalogue" – for his return journey to Cambridge; PG mentions that, upon his return to Cambridge, he "committed the extravagance of a taxi ride back to College"!

Two letters, in typescript, and a card, in manuscript, from Philip Grierson:
(a) letter, dated 9 May 1986, responding to comments of IS on a recent draft and acknowledging that he has adopted nearly all of the suggestions; PG also encloses a draft of a paper that he will present at a forthcoming conference in Baltimore, mentions that he has found another squash player of his standard, and notes that they have seen the proofs of MEC 1 and anticipate publication not before September.
(b) card, dated 7 October 1986, stating that he and Mark [Blackburn] have been working out how to make sure that those who should have a copy of MEC 1 obtain one; he says that formal publication is delayed until November due to TRV's demands about copyright acknowledgements.
(c) letter, dated 21 October 1986, thanking IS for his letter and two offprints, including an Offa one that IS had not previously sent, though most of the letter is turned over to consideration of means by to prevent TRV from "sabotaging MEC"; PG's idea is to make his gift "conditional on the MEC being continued but authorship, etc., being under an independent committee" and he asked IS whether he would be willing to sit on the committee.

Two letters from Philip Grierson, both in typescript:
(a) dated 2 October 1968, mentioning that he will send Chapter 2 of Byzantine Coins as soon as the photos and plates arrive from D[umbarton] O[aks]; he thanks IS for his new edition of Scottish Coins, commenting very favourably upon the revision but pointing out a few possible errors; on his projects, PG states that production issues with DOC vol. 2 slowed his progress on DOC vol. 3, but that publication is now imminent; he asks to be able to turn down an invitation of Deborah Stewart through IS, as he has another commitment that afternoon; he concludes with news of progress on Cécile Morrisson's forthcoming catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the BN, which should be out in 1970, and on the poor health of his mother, who he worried would not last the winter.
(b) dated 22 November 1968, beginning with news that his mother's health has improved but then proceeding to recount his revelation that the number of gold tremisses in the Sutton Hoo treasure might have been related to the number of rowers, which has "Page and others brooding over the likelihood of this"; the matter of why the group included blanks raises other questions, which PG poses in conclusion.

Two letters from Philip Grierson, both in typescript:
(a) dated 3 February 1970, returning a book of [Valentin] Ryabtsevich on coin finds in White Russia, because he had received a copy from [Konstantin] Golenko, and commenting that it is intentionally written at schoolboy level "but seems well done"; in response to a query of IS on Stephen's coins, PG states that only a few of the coins in the plates of BNJ 1966 "seem analogous to Vierschlag" and, for comparison, encloses some good examples, suggesting that IS consult the relevant pages in Luschin von Ebengreuth.
(b) dated 10 May 1970, enclosing an offprint (not attached), thanking IS for his comments on 16th Century Coinage and, prompted by his Ethelred II paper, expressing admiration in his knowledge of minutiae.