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- 1990-1991 (Creation)
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2 items, paper
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Two letters from Paul Robinson:
(a) manuscript, single page, dated 25 November 1990, informing IS that Graham Palmer of Aldbourne has donated the Merovingian tremissis that he found at Shalbourne, Wiltshire, to the museum [of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society]; unable to find an example of coin in a standard reference, he asks IS to identify it, as he understand [from Mr Palmer?] that the coin has been with him for a while.
(b) typescript, single page, dated 3 January 1991, thanking IS for his letter of 24 December [in which he evidently identified the coin as thrymsa], asking if he would be prepared to write a note on the coin for the Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine and advising that he make arrangements for obtaining the specific gravity of the coin. PHR also informs IS of the journal's deadlines, asks him indicate whether he requires good black and white prints of the coin, and adds the same find-spot turned up some sceattas.