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- 1993-1994 (Creation)
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2 items, paper
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Two letters from Stewart Lyon:
(a) in typescript, dated 4 February 1993, asking IS whether he has "any news of the St Peter paper", since he just acquired a large fragment of the cross type from Spink and thought that "it would be nice to slip a reference to this coin into a postscript to the paper if there is to be a further proof".
(b) in manuscript, dated 30 December 1994, thanking IS for his note on the moneyer "Monn (a)" and adding that his explanation of the various epigraphs or symbols seems plausible. SL indicates that he is "hoping to see the alleged Hywel coin", which he says Marion has seen and "Oxford apparently analysed [...] as 92.5% silver, 7% copper, ½% impurities – mainly arsenic – which doesn't augur well for its authenticity", though its reputed weight of 1.64g "is not excessive".