Item 1990/1 - Two letters from Michael Kenny

2 items, paper

Two letters from Michael Kenny, both in manuscript and both undated. Internal evidence suggests a date in the latter half or 1989 or early 1990. In what may be described as the first letter (a), based on context, MK thanks IS for the gift of a book; in the second (b), MK refers to a publication of his on two St Peter pennies in the Spink Numismatic Circular in September 1988. The letters are therefore after September 1988, and the book in question is likely to be Coinage in Tenth-Century England, co-authored with Christopher Blunt and Stewart Lyon, which was published at the beginning of June 1989. In the first letter, MK also notes a request of IS for an offprint of his co-authored article on the Lough Ennell finds (Michael Ryan, Raghnall Ó Floinn, Nicholas Lowick, Michael Kenny and Peter Cazalet, "Six silver finds of the Viking period from the vicinity of Lough Ennell, Co Westmeath", Peritia, vol. 3 (1984), pp. 334-381), stating that he no longer has any offprints but will send a photocopy. The second letter was cover for the photocopied article, no longer attached, again expressing gratitude for the gift of the book.