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Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles. Volume 37, Polish Museums. Anglo-Saxon and Later
Medieval British Coins by MIKOLAJCZYK, Andrzej
1987. X, 78 pages, including 20 fine
plates, each with descriptive text. Blue cloth. NEW. A catalogue of early and late
Medieval coins found in Polish museum and private collections. Each coin is described,
includes an indication of date, circumstances of discovery, and its context, if part of a
hoard or such like. 78p, 20 b/w pls (Oxford UP 1987).
Total of 459 coins from 23 museum
and collections from Poland. Included are Anglo-Saxon coins, Anglo-Norman coins,
Hiberno-Norse Series, Imitative Series, Plantagent Series, Later Medieval English Series,
Anglo-Irish Coins and Anglo-Galic Series. This book retails for US $65.00!
TABLE OF
CONTENTS:
Preface Introductions The Collections Finds Abbreviations and Literature Plates
(1-20) Index of Mint Index of Moneyers Little bit more about serial publication Sylloge of
Coins of British Isles:
The major serial publication relating to British Hammered
Coinage. Published by Oxford University Press & Spink and Son for the British Academy.
The Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles has been one of the most productive series of
numismatic books.
Inspired by its Ancient Greek counterpart, the Sylloge Nummorum
Graecorum, it was established in the 1950's to provide detailed descriptions and
photographic illustrations of a large body of British coinage in order to facilitate its
close study, especially using die and stylistic analyses. Many of the earlier volumes
concentrated on Anglo-Saxon coinage, where this new approach was proving particularly
rewarding.
By publishing coins held in one hundred and fifty museums in Britain and
Ireland, and others in Scandinavia, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Russia and the United States,
the student has at his fingertips an astonishing amount of material on which to base his
studies.
Latterly, a number of volumes have focused on the later medieval and early
modern periods, and important specialist collections have been selected for publication
with an extended introduction discussing the classification, chronology and other features
of the coinage. Thus Edwardian sterlings, medieval and Tudor gold, and the coinages of
Henry VII, Charles I and Scotland have all been treated in this way.
The eight volumes
on seventeenth century tokens in the Norweb collection, when complete, will be the
standard reference work for this series, superseding Williamson which has held that
position for a hundred years.
A landmark was reached with the recent publication of the
fiftieth volume, but the series will continue, evolving and adapting to meet the needs of
modern study in a range of disciplines. |
