Item 1967/2 - Letter from Philip Grierson

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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".