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- 1994-1997 (Creation)
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3 items, paper
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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"!