Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles

Catalogue of British and Irish coins, from Ancient British times to the 17th century.

This is a major series of catalogues of British and Irish coins in public and significant private collections, describing and illustrating coins and tokens ranging from Ancient British issues to those of the 17th century. The greatest coverage has been of the Anglo-Saxon period. The collections recorded include those of national, university and provincial museums in Britain and Ireland and of museums in Scandinavia, Germany, Eastern Europe and the United States of America.

Extensive introductions discuss the coinages and the collections. The illustrations of the coins and their detailed descriptions appear on facing pages.

The Sylloge is a fundamental source of material for the study of coin issues and moneyers, designs and die-cutting styles, metrology, hoards and single-finds, and personal- and place-name forms. The volumes are of relevance not only to numismatists, but also to archaeologists and historians who increasingly have grown aware of their need to understand and use numismatic evidence.

General Editor: Dr Rory Naismith

British Academy volumes are published by Oxford University Press.
Some older volumes are available from Oxbow Books or from Spink.

The content of SCBI volumes may be searched via the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds

[NOTE. Some volumes in the Sylloge series are not published by the British Academy, as indicated in the list below.]


‘The patient work of the editors of the SCBI series and of its individual volumes has brought Anglo-Saxon coinage to a level of publication that is a paragon not only for medieval coinage, but for medieval collections of every sort.’ The Medieval Review


Publications

71. The Lord Stewartby Collection of Scottish Coins at the Hunterian, University of Glasgow: Part I. James IV - James VI, 1488-1625
Author: William A. MacKay
ISBN: 978-0-19-726687-8 (2021)
340, including 96 plates

70. National Museum of Scotland: Scottish Coins and Dies 1603-1709
Author: J D Bateson and N M McQ Holmes
ISBN: 978-0-19-726618-2 hbk (2017)
392 pages, including 114 plates

69. Published by British Museum

68. The Lyon Collection of Anglo-Saxon Coins
Author: Stewart Lyon
ISBN: 978-0-19-726602-1 hbk (2017)
326 pages, including 42 plates

67. Published by British Museum

66. Norwegian Collections, Part II: Anglo-Saxon and Later British Coins, 1015-1279
Author: Elina Screen
ISBN: 978-0-19-726559-8 hbk (2015)
424 pages, including 149 plates

65. Norwegian Collections, Part I: Anglo-Saxon Coins to 1016
Author: Elina Screen
ISBN: 978-0-19-726543-7 hbk (2013)
426 pages, including 76 plates

64. Grosvenor Museum, Chester, Part II: Anglo-Saxon Coins and Post-Conquest Coins to 1180
Author: Hugh Pagan
ISBN: 978-0-19-726502-4 hbk (2012)
156 pages, including 34 plates

63. Published by British Museum

62. Published by Spink

61. Published by Spink

60. Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Part II: Anglo-Saxon Coins 1016-1066
Author: V R Potin
ISBN: 978-0-19-726501-7 hbk (2012)
128 pages, including 48 plates

59. Published by Spink

58. Scottish Coins in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Part I: 1526-1603
Author: N M McQ Holmes
ISBN: 978-0-19-726328-0 hbk (2006)
346 pages, including 99 plates

57. Published by Spink

56. The J. P. Mass Collection: English Short Cross Coins, 1180-1247
Author: Jeffrey P Mass
ISBN: 0-19-726254-6 hbk  (2001, available from Spink)
480 pages, including 82 plates

55. Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Part IV: English, Irish and Scottish Coins, 1066-1485
Author: Marina Mucha
ISBN: 978-0-19-726236-8 hbk (2005)
96 pages, including 23 plates

54. Royal Coin Cabinet, Stockholm, Part V, Anglo-Saxon Coins: Edward the Confessor and Harold II, 1042-1066
Author: Fran Colman
With a Supplement to Part VI (Anglo-Norman Pennies)
Author: Mark Blackburn and Kenneth Jonsson
ISBN: 978-0-19-726233-7 hbk (2007)
224 pages, including 57 plates

53. Scottish Museums: English Coins 1066–1279
Author: J D Bateson
ISBN: 0-19-726224-4 hbk (2001, available from Spink)
144 pages, including 38 plates

52. Uppsala University Coin Cabinet: Anglo-Saxon and later British Coins
Author: Elsa Lindberger
Editor: Mark Blackburn and Harald Nilsson
978-0-19-726339-6 hbk (2006)
132 pages, including 37 plates

51. Estonian Collections: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman and later British Coins
Author: Ivar Leimus and Arkadi Molvõgin
ISBN: 0-19-726220-1 hbk (2001, available from Spink)
248 pages, including 54 plates

50. Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Part I: Anglo-Saxon Coins to 1016
Author: V M Potin
ISBN: 0-19-726187-6 hbk (1999, available from Spink)
192 pages, including 54 plates

49. Published by Spink

48. Northern Museums: Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet Coins to 1279
Author: James Booth
ISBN: 0-19-726166-3 hbk (1997, available from Spink)

47.  Published by Spink

46. Published by Spink

45. Latvian Collections: Anglo-Saxon and Later British Coins
Author: Tatjana Berga
ISBN: 0-19-726163-9 hbk (1996, available from Spink)

44. Published by Spink

43. Published by Spink

42. South-Eastern Museums: Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon, and Later Coins to 1279
Author: A J H Gunstone
ISBN: 0-19-726115-9 hbk (1992, available from Spink)

41. Cumulative Index of Volumes 21–40
Author: Veronica Smart
ISBN: 0-19-726114-0 hbk (1992, available from Spink)

40. Royal Coin Cabinet, Stockholm, Part IV, Anglo-Saxon Coins: Harold I and Harthacnut, 1035–1042
Author: Tuukka Talvio
ISBN: 0-19-726090-X hbk (1991, available from Spink)

39. The J. J. North Collection: Edwardian English Silver Coins 1279–1351
Author: J J North
ISBN: 0-19-726075-6 hbk (1989, out of print)
286 pages, including 46 plates

38. Published by Spink

37. Polish Museums: Anglo-Saxon and Later Medieval British Coins
Author: Andrzej Mikolajczyk
ISBN: 0-19-726063-2 hbk (1987, out of print)
88 pages, including 20 plates

36. State Museum Berlin, Coin Cabinet: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and Hiberno-Norse Coins
Author: Bernd Kluge
ISBN: 0-19-726048-9 hbk (1987)
192 pages, including 41 plates

35. Scottish Coins in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
Author: J D Bateson and N J Mayhew
ISBN: 0-19-726047-0 hbk (1987, available from Spink)
290 pages, including 116 plates

34. Published by British Museum Press

33. Published by Spink

32. Ulster Museum, Belfast, Part II: Hiberno-Norse Coins
Author: Wilfred Seaby
ISBN: 0-19-726030-6 hbk (1984, out of print)
84 pages, including 16 plates

31. Published by Spink

30. Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon, and Norman Coins in American Collections
Author: Jeremiah D Brady
ISBN: 0-19-726011-X hbk (1982, out of print)
100 pages, including 30 plates

29. Merseyside County Museums: Ancient British Issues and later Coins from English, Irish, and Scottish mints to 1279, with associated Foreign Coins
Author: Margaret Warhurst
ISBN: 0-19-726007-1 hbk (1982, out of print)

28. Cumulative Index of Volumes 1–20
Author: Veronica Smart
ISBN: 0-19-726002-0 hbk (1981, out of print)

27. Coins in Lincolnshire Collections: Part I, Coins with Lincolnshire mint signatures from the Sir Francis Hill collection; Part II, Coins from other English, Irish and Continental mints to 1272
Author: Antony Gunstone
ISBN: 0-19-725993-6 hbk (1981, out of print)

26. Museums in East Anglia: Part I, The Morley St Peter Hoard (including coins in the British Museum); Part II, Anglo-Saxon, Norman, and Angevin coins and later coins of the Norwich Mint
Author: T H McK Clough
ISBN: 0-19-725991-X hbk (1980, out of print)

25. The National Museum, Helsinki, and other Public Collections in Finland: Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and Hiberno-Norse Coins
Author: Tuuka Talvio
ISBN: 0-19-725979-0 hbk (1978, out of print)

24. Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins in West Country Museums
Author: A J H Gunstone
ISBN: 0-19-725972-3 hbk (1977, out of print)

23. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Part III: Coins of Henry VII
Author: D M Metcalf
ISBN: 0-19-725960-X hbk (1976, out of print)

22. Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen, Part V: Hiberno-Norse and Anglo-Irish Coins, by Georg Galster with Michael Dolley and Jørgen Steen Jensen
ISBN: 0-19-725949-9 hbk (1975, out of print)

21. Coins in Yorkshire Collections: Part I, Coins from Northumbrian Mints, c. 895–1279; Part II, Ancient British Issues and Later Coins from other English, Irish, and Scottish Mints to 1279
Auhtor: Elizabeth J E Pirie
ISBN: 0-19-725939-1 hbk (1975, out of print)

20. Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon, and Norman Coins in the Collection Formed by Commander R. P. Mack R.N
Author: R P Mack
ISBN: 0-19-725937-5 hbk (1973, out of print)

  1. Bristol and Gloucester Museums: Ancient British Coins and Coins of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Mints
    Author: L V Grinsell, C E Blunt and Michael Dolley
    ISBN: 0-19-725932-4 hbk (1973, out of print)
  2. Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, National Museum, Copenhagen, Part IV: Anglo-Saxon Coins from Harold I and Anglo-Norman Coins
    Author: Georg Galster
    ISBN: 0-19-725927-8 hbk (1972, out of print)
  3. Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins in Midlands Museums
    Author: A J H Gunstone
    ISBN: 0-19-725919-7 hbk (1971, out of print)
  4. Published by Spink
  5. Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, National Museum, Copenhagen, Part III C: Anglo-Saxon Coins, Cnut mints Lydford to the end
    Author: Georg Galster
    ISBN: 0-19-725915-4 hbk (1970, out of print)
  6. Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, National Museum, Copenhagen, Part III B: Anglo-Saxon Coins, Cnut mints Lincoln and London
    Author: Georg Galster
    ISBN: 0-19-725914-6 hbk (1970, out of print)
  7. Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, National Museum, Copenhagen, Part III A: Anglo-Saxon Coins, Cnut mints Axbridge–Lymne
    Author: Georg Galster
    ISBN: 0-19-725913-8 hbk (1970, out of print)
  8. Ashmolean Museum Oxford, Part II: English Coins 1066–1279
    Author: D M Metcalf
    ISBN: 0-19-725911-1 hbk (1969, out of print)
  9. University Collection, Reading: Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
    Author: Michael Dolley with F Elmore Jones and C S S Lyon
    Royal Coin Cabinet, Stockholm: Anglo-Norman Pennies
    Author: C E Blunt and Michael Dolley
    ISBN: 0-19-725907-3 hbk (1969, out of print)
  10. Ulster Museum, Belfast, Part I: Anglo-Irish Coins, John–Edward III
    Author: Michael Dolley and Wilfred Seaby
    ISBN: 0-19-725903-0 hbk (1968, out of print)
  11. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: Anglo-Saxon Pennies
    Author: J D A Thompson
    ISBN: 0-19-725899-9 hbk (1967, out of print)
  12. Published by British Museum Press
  13. Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, National Museum, Copenhagen, Part II: Anglo-Saxon Coins, Æthelred II
    Author: Georg Galster
    ISBN: 0-19-725896-4 hbk (1966, out of print)
  14. National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, Part I: Anglo-Saxon Coins (with associated foreign coins)
    Author: Robert B K Stevenson
    ISBN: 0-19-725897-2 hbk (1966, out of print)
  15. Grosvenor Museum, Chester, Part I: The Willoughby Gardner Collection of Coins with the Chester Mint-Signature
    Author: Elizabeth J E Pirie
    ISBN: 0-19-725890-5 hbk (1964, out of print)
  16. Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, National Museum, Copenhagen, Part I: Ancient British and Anglo-Saxon Coins before Æthelred II
    Author: Georg Galster
    ISBN: 0-19-725888-3 hbk (1964, out of print)
  17. The Coins of the Coritani
    Author: D F Allen
    ISBN: 0-19-725886-7 hbk (1963, out of print)
  18. Hunterian and Coats Collections, University of Glasgow, Part I: Anglo-Saxon Coins,
    Author: Anne S Robertson
    ISBN: 0-19-725879-4 hbk (1961, out of print)
    96 pages, including 42 plates
  19. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Part I: Ancient British and Anglo-Saxon Coins
    Author: Philip Grierson
    ISBN: 0-19-725875-1 hbk (1958, out of print)
    96 pages, including 42 plates

Supplementary volume

Coinage in Tenth-Century England, from Edward the Elder to Edgar’s Reform
Author: C E Blunt, B H I H Stewart and C S S Lyon
ISBN: 0-19-726060-8 hbk (1989, available from Spink)

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