Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles


The Sylloge of the Coins of the British Isles is an ongoing project to publish all major museum collections and certain important private collections of British coins. Catalogues in the series contain full details and illustrations of each and every specimen. Every Anglo-Saxon and Norman coin included in the project can be viewed on the SCBI Database, based at the Department of Coins and Medals, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

History

The project was first suggested in the early 1950s by Christopher Blunt and other members of the British and Royal Numismatic Societies. In 1956, its unofficial committee secured recognition as a committee of the British Academy through the good offices of its first chairman, Sir Frank Stenton. The first volume, on Anglo-Saxon Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, was published two years later in 1958.
Since that date over sixty additional volumes have been published, covering both museum and some significant private collections in Britain, the United States, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Poland, Latvia and more. Further volumes are in preparation or projected for the future. The key gaps in the series remain the British Museum and the Royal Coin Collection in Stockholm. Both of these present massive undertakings and have only recently begun to be tackled comprehensively. Some of the early volumes, such as that covering the Cambridge collection, are also now in need of substantial updating. Nonetheless, British numismatics has been extremely well served by the project, and it continues to publish volumes almost every year.

Committee

Since its inception, the policy of the Sylloge Project has been to keep an eminent Anglo-Saxon historian as its chairman. This reflects the emphasis on Anglo-Saxon material in the published volumes, and the need to keep an educated outside perspective on the project. Chairmen have included:
General Editors of the project have included:
Other current members of the Sylloge Committee are:
  • Dr B. J. Cook
  • C. S. S. Lyon
  • Dr R. G. R. Naismith
  • H. E. Pagan
  • Dr V. Smart
  • Professor P. Spufford, FBA

Volumes

Current volumes of the Sylloge are:
  • 1. FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE.
Ancient British and Anglo-Saxon Coins.
By P. Grierson. 32 plates, 1958.
  • 2. HUNTERIAN MUSEUM, GLASGOW.
Anglo-Saxon Coins.
By A.S. Robertson. 42 plates, 1961.
  • 3. COINS OF THE CORITANI.
By D.F. Allen. 8 plates, 1963.
  • 4. ROYAL COLLECTION, COPENHAGEN.
Part I. Ancient British and Anglo-Saxon Coins.
By G. Galster. 30 plates, 1964.
  • 5. GROSVENOR MUSEUM, CHESTER.
Coins with the Chester Mint-Signature.
By E.J.E. Pirie. 16 plates, 1964.
Anglo-Saxon Coins.
By R.B.K. Stevenson. 29 plates, 1966.
  • 7. ROYAL COLLECTION, COPENHAGEN.
Part II. Anglo-Saxon Coins: Æthelred II.
By G. Galster. 71 plates, 1966.
  • 8. BRITISH MUSEUM.
Hiberno-Norse Coins.
By R.H.M. Dolley. 8 plates, 1966.
Part I. Anglo-Saxon Pennies.
By J.D.A. Thompson. 42 plates, 1967.
  • 10. ULSTER MUSEUM, BELFAST.
Part I. Anglo-Irish Coins, John - Edward III.
By M. Dolley and W. Seaby. 20 plates, 1968.
  • 11. READING UNIVERSITY.
Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins;
ROYAL COIN CABINET, STOCKHOLM.
Anglo-Norman Pennies.
By C.E. Blunt and M. Dolley. 20 plates, 1969.
  • 12. ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD.
Part II. English Coins 1066–1279.
By D.M. Metcalf. 36 plates, 1969.
  • 13-15. ROYAL COLLECTION, COPENHAGEN.
Part III. A, B, and C. Anglo-Saxon Coins: Cnut.
By G. Galster. 158 plates, 1970.
  • 16. NORWEB COLLECTION.
Ancient British and English Coins to 1180.
By C.E. Blunt, F. Elmore-Jones and R.P. Mack. 17 plates, 1971.
  • 17. MIDLAND MUSEUMS.
Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins.
By A.J.H. Gunstone. 30 plates, 1971.
  • 18. ROYAL COLLECTION, COPENHAGEN.
Part IV. Anglo-Saxon Coins from Harold I and Anglo-Norman Coins.
By G. Galster. 54 plates, 1972.
  • 19. BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER MUSEUMS.
Ancient British Coins and Coins of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Mints.
By L.V. Grinsell, C.E. Blunt and M. Dolley. 27 plates, 1972.
  • 20. MACK COLLECTION.
Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins.
By R.P. Mack. 56 plates, 1973.
  • 21. YORKSHIRE COLLECTIONS.
Coins from Northumbrian mints, c.895-1279; Ancient British and Later Coins from Other Mints to 1279.
By E.J.E. Pirie. 54 plates, 1975.
  • 22. ROYAL COLLECTION, COPENHAGEN.
Part V. Hiberno-Norse and Anglo-Irish Coins.
By G. Galster with M. Dolley and J. Steen Jensen. 22 plates, 1975.
  • 23. ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD.
Part III. Coins of Henry VII.
By D.M. Metcalf. 53 plates, 1976.
  • 24. WEST COUNTRY MUSEUMS.
Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Coins.
By A.J.H. Gunstone. 30 plates, 1977.
  • 25. NATIONAL MUSEUM, HELSINKI.
Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Coins.
By T. Talvio. 41 plates, 1978.
Morley St Peter Hoard, and Anglo-Saxon, Norman, and Angevin Coins, and Later Coins of the Norwich Mint.
By T.H.McK. Clough. 52 plates, 1980.
  • 27. LINCOLNSHIRE COLLECTIONS.
Coins from Lincolnshire mints, and Ancient British and Later Coins to 1272.
By A.J.H. Gunstone. 68 plates, 1981.
  • 28. CUMULATIVE INDEX OF VOLS. 1-20.
By V. Smart. 1981.
  • 29. MERSEYSIDE COUNTY MUSEUMS.
Ancient British and Later Coins to 1279.
By M. Warhurst. 39 plates, 1982.
  • 30. AMERICAN COLLECTIONS.
Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins.
By J.D. Brady. 30 plates, 1982.
  • 31. NORWEB COLLECTION.
Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part I. Bedfordshire to Devon.
By R.H. Thompson. 35 plates, 1984.
  • 32. ULSTER MUSEUM, BELFAST.
Part II. Hiberno-Norse Coins.
By W. Seaby. 16 plates, 1984.
  • 33. BROOKER COLLECTION.
Coins of Charles I.
By J.J. North and P.J. Preston-Morley. 130 plates, 1984.
  • 34. BRITISH MUSEUM.
Anglo-Saxon Coins, Part V: Athelstan to Edgar's Reform.
By M.M. Archibald and C.E. Blunt. 56 plates, 1986.
  • 35. ASHMOLEAN AND HUNTERIAN MUSEUMS.
Scottish Coins.
By J.D. Bateson and N.J. Mayhew. 116 plates, 1987.
  • 36. STATE MUSEUM, BERLIN.
Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and Hiberno-Norse Coins.
By B. Kluge. 41 plates, 1987.
  • 37. POLISH MUSEUMS.
Anglo-Saxon and Later Medieval British Coins.
By A. Mikolajczyk. 20 plates, 1987.
  • 38. NORWEB COLLECTION.
Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part II. Dorset to Gloucestershire.
By R.H. Thompson. 41 plates, 1988.
  • 39. NORTH COLLECTION.
Edwardian English Silver Coins, 1279–1351.
By J.J. North. 46 plates, 1989.
  • 40. ROYAL COIN CABINET, STOCKHOLM.
Part IV. Anglo-Saxon Coins: Harold I and Harthacnut.
By T. Talvio. 74 plates, 1991.
  • 41. CUMULATIVE INDEX OF VOLS. 21-40.
By V. Smart. 1992.
  • 42. SOUTH-EASTERN MUSEUMS.
Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Later Coins to 1279.
By A.J.H. Gunstone. 78 plates, 1992.
  • 43. NORWEB COLLECTION.
Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part III. Hampshire to Lincolnshire.
By R.H. Thompson and M.J. Dickinson. 51 plates, 1992.
  • 44. NORWEB COLLECTION.
Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part IV. Norfolk to Somerset.
By R.H. Thompson and M.J. Dickinson. 50 plates, 1993.
  • 45. LATVIAN COLLECTIONS.
Anglo-Saxon and Later British Coins.
By T. Berga. 12 plates, 1996.
  • 46. NORWEB COLLECTION.
Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part V. Staffordshire to Westmorland.
By R.H. Thompson and M.J. Dickinson. 51 plates, 1996.
  • 47. SCHNEIDER COLLECTION.
English Gold Coins and their Imitations. Part I.
By P. Woodhead. 83 plates, 1996.
  • 48. NORTHERN MUSEUMS.
Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet Coins to 1279.
By J. Booth. 64 plates, 1997.
  • 49. NORWEB COLLECTION.
Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part VI. Wiltshire to Yorkshire, Ireland to Wales.
By R.H. Thompson and M.J. Dickinson. 43 plates, 1999.
Part I. Anglo-Saxon Coins to 1016
By V. M. Potin.
54 plates. 1999.
  • 51. ESTONIAN COLLECTIONS.
Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman and later British Coins.
By I. Leimus and A. Molvõgin.
54 plates. 2001.
  • 52. UPPSALA UNIVERSITY COIN CABINET.
Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Coins
By E. Lindberger.
37 plates. 2006.
  • 53. SCOTTISH MUSEUMS.
English Coins, 1066–1279.
By J. D. Bateson.
38 plates. 2001.
  • 54. ROYAL COIN CABINET, STOCKHOLM.
Part V: Anglo-Saxon Coins, Edward the Confessor and Harold II.
Part VI: Supplement. Anglo-Norman Pennies.
Part V by F. Colman; Part VI by M. Blackburn and K. Jonsson.
  • 55. HERMITAGE MUSEUM, ST PETERSBURG.
Part IV. English, Irish and Scottish Coins, 1066–1485.
By M. Mucha.
23 plates. 2003.
  • 56. MASS COLLECTION.
English Short Cross Coins, 1180–1247.
By J. P. Mass.
82 plates. 2001.
  • 57. SCHNEIDER COLLECTION.
Part II. English Gold Coins, 1603 to the 20th Century.
By P. Woodhead.
58 plates. 2002.
Scottish Coins. Part I. 1526–1603.
By M. C. Q. Holmes.
99 plates. 2006.
  • 59. NORWEB COLLECTION.
Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750.
Part VII. City of London.
By R. H. Thompson and M. J. Dickinson.
61 plates. 2007.
  • 60 HERMITAGE MUSEUM
Part II. Anglo-Saxon Coins 1016–1066.
By V.M. Potin.
2011
  • 61 SCHNEIDER COLLECTION
Part III. Anglo-Gallic, Flemish and Brantine Gold Coins 1330–1794.
By P. Woodhead
2011
  • 62 NORWEB COLLECTION
Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750
Part VIII. Middlesex and Uncertain Pieces.
By R.H. Thompson and M.J. Dickinson
2011
  • 63 BRITISH MUSEUM
Anglo-Saxon Coins
Part I. Early Silver and Gold Coins
By A. Gannon
2011

  • 64 GROSVENOR MUSEUM, CHESTER
Part II. Anglo-Saxon and Post-Conquest Coins to 1180.
By H.E. Pagan
2012
  • 65 NORWEGIAN COLLECTIONS
Part I. Anglo-Saxon Coins to 1016.
By ELINA SCREEN
2013
  • 66. NORWEGIAN COLLECTIONS
Part II. Anglo-Saxon and Later British Coins, 1016–1279.
By ELINA SCREEN
2015
  • 67 BRITISH MUSEUM
Anglo-Saxon Coins II. Southern English Coinage from Offa to Alfred c. 760–880.
By R. NAISMITH
2016.
  • 68 THE LYON COLLECTION OF ANGLO-SAXON COINS
By S. LYON.
  • 69 THE ABRAMSON COLLECTION
Coins of Early Anglo-Saxon England and the North Sea Area.
By T. ABRAMSON
  • 70. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND
Scottish Coins and Dies 1603–1709.
By J. D. BATESON and N. HOLMES