Item 1982/1 - Letter from Michael Dolley to Michael Metcalf

1 item, paper

Photocopy of a piece of writing from Michael Dolley entitled "The chronology of the 'pre-Brunanburh' sword-type pennies of St Peter at York", 9pp, cutting off abruptly with the rest and all the notes missing. There is no authorial byline but the content leaves no question about the author. There is also manuscript a note that was evidently written in the upper right corner on the original (or secondary) copy that reads: "Original sent by MD to DMM 25/11/82 Rec'd 26/11/82. Cuts on p9 – rest, with notes missing". The text – with additions, annotations and corrections – consists in a highly unusual and somewhat rambling account of the St Peter coins that chronicles the development of the debates around them from the author's unique perspective and focuses largely on the hoard evidence. The discussion is very wide-ranging, with references to authors of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries as well as MD's contemporaries such as Kirsten Bendixen, Christopher Blunt, Hugh Pagan, Ian Stewart and perhaps others.