Item 2007/2 - Two letters from Marcus Phillips

2 items, paper

Two letters from Marcus Phillips:
(a) typescript, one page, dated 31 July 2007, expressing horror at news of the theft of IS's coins, offering condolences and asking him to have a look at the edited text of his paper on the "Bust of Christ on an early Anglo-Saxon coin". MP states that some references have been added and he corrects an error about the prototype for a coin of Roger II of Sicily being billon trachy; it should be given as a gold histamenon. He also remarks that IS may wish to add a note about the fact that the use of Byzantine motifs on Western European coins was more common than is usually supposed. He finishes by mentioning difficulties in getting the right size of the image on the printed page.
(b) typescript, one page, dated 23 August 2007, providing cover for two enclosures: the first proof of his article on the "Bust of Christ on an early Anglo-Saxon coin" and "the usual copyright form"; neither of them are included with the letter here. He also explains how the offprints will be handled.