Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles

The Sylloge of the Coins of the British Isles (SCBI) 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 (prepared by Philip Grierson), 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 which 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:


 * Sir Frank Stenton, FBA (1956–1966)
 * Professor Dorothy Whitelock, CBE, FBA (1966–1979)
 * Professor H. R. Loyn, FBA (1979–1993)
 * The Rt Hon. Lord Stewartby, FBA, FRSE (1993–2003)
 * Professor S. D. Keynes, FBA (2003–)

General Editors of the project have included:
 * Christopher Blunt, OBE, FBA (1956–1987)
 * Professor R. H. M. Dolley, MRIA (1956–1983)
 * Dr M. A. S. Blackburn (1980–2011)

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:

Ancient British and Anglo-Saxon Coins. By P. Grierson. 32 plates, 1958.
 * 1. FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE.

Anglo-Saxon Coins. By A.S. Robertson. 42 plates, 1961.
 * 2. HUNTERIAN MUSEUM, GLASGOW.

By D.F. Allen. 8 plates, 1963.
 * 3. COINS OF THE CORITANI.

Part I. Ancient British and Anglo-Saxon Coins. By G. Galster. 30 plates, 1964.
 * 4. ROYAL COLLECTION, COPENHAGEN.

Coins with the Chester Mint-Signature. By E.J.E. Pirie. 16 plates, 1964.
 * 5. GROSVENOR MUSEUM, CHESTER.

Anglo-Saxon Coins. By R.B.K. Stevenson. 29 plates, 1966.
 * 6. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH.

Part II. Anglo-Saxon Coins: Æthelred II. By G. Galster. 71 plates, 1966. (Published jointly with the Carlsberg Foundation)
 * 7. ROYAL COLLECTION, COPENHAGEN.

Hiberno-Norse Coins. By R.H.M. Dolley. 8 plates, 1966. (Published by the trustees of the British Museum)
 * 8. BRITISH MUSEUM.

Part I. Anglo-Saxon Pennies. By J.D.A. Thompson. 42 plates, 1967.
 * 9. ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD.

Part I. Anglo-Irish Coins, John - Edward III. By M. Dolley and W. Seaby. 20 plates, 1968. (Published jointly with the trustees of the Ulster Museum)
 * 10. ULSTER MUSEUM, BELFAST.

Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins; ROYAL COIN CABINET, STOCKHOLM. [Part VI.] Anglo-Norman Pennies. By C.E. Blunt and M. Dolley. 20 plates, 1969. (Published jointly with the Swedish Royal Academy)
 * 11. READING UNIVERSITY.

Part II. English Coins 1066–1279. By D.M. Metcalf. 36 plates, 1969.
 * 12. ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD.

Part III. A, B, and C. Anglo-Saxon Coins: Cnut. By G. Galster. 158 plates, 1970. (3 vols.) (Published jointly with the Carlsberg Foundation)
 * 13-15. ROYAL COLLECTION, COPENHAGEN.

Ancient British and English Coins to 1180. By C.E. Blunt, F. Elmore-Jones and R.P. Mack. 17 plates, 1971. (Published by Spink & Son Limited)
 * 16. NORWEB COLLECTION.

Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins. By A.J.H. Gunstone. 30 plates, 1971.
 * 17. MIDLAND MUSEUMS.

Part IV. Anglo-Saxon Coins from Harold I and Anglo-Norman Coins. By G. Galster. 54 plates, 1972. (Published jointly with the Carlsberg Foundation)
 * 18. ROYAL COLLECTION, COPENHAGEN.

Ancient British Coins and Coins of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Mints. By L.V. Grinsell, C.E. Blunt and M. Dolley. 27 plates, 1972.
 * 19. BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER MUSEUMS.

Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins. By R.P. Mack. 56 plates, 1973.
 * 20. MACK COLLECTION.

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.
 * 21. YORKSHIRE COLLECTIONS.

Part V. Hiberno-Norse and Anglo-Irish Coins. By G. Galster with M. Dolley and J. Steen Jensen. 22 plates, 1975.
 * 22. ROYAL COLLECTION, COPENHAGEN.

Part III. Coins of Henry VII. By D.M. Metcalf. 53 plates, 1976.
 * 23. ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD.

Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Coins. By A.J.H. Gunstone. 30 plates, 1977.
 * 24. WEST COUNTRY MUSEUMS.

Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Coins. By T. Talvio. 41 plates, 1978.
 * 25. NATIONAL MUSEUM, HELSINKI.

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.
 * 26. MUSEUMS IN EAST ANGLIA.

Coins from Lincolnshire mints, and Ancient British and Later Coins to 1272. By A.J.H. Gunstone. 68 plates, 1981.
 * 27. LINCOLNSHIRE COLLECTIONS.

By V. Smart. 1981.
 * 28. CUMULATIVE INDEX OF VOLS. 1-20.

Ancient British and Later Coins to 1279. By M. Warhurst. 39 plates, 1982.
 * 29. MERSEYSIDE COUNTY MUSEUMS.

Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins. By J.D. Brady. 30 plates, 1982.
 * 30. AMERICAN COLLECTIONS.

Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part I. Bedfordshire to Devon. By R.H. Thompson. 35 plates, 1984. (Published by Spink & Son Limited)
 * 31. NORWEB COLLECTION.

Part II. Hiberno-Norse Coins. By W. Seaby. 16 plates, 1984. (Published jointly with the trustees of the Ulster Museum)
 * 32. ULSTER MUSEUM, BELFAST.

Coins of Charles I. By J.J. North and P.J. Preston-Morley. 130 plates, 1984. (Published by Spink & Son Limited)
 * 33. BROOKER COLLECTION.

Anglo-Saxon Coins, Part V: Athelstan to Edgar's Reform. By M.M. Archibald and C.E. Blunt. 56 plates, 1986. (Published by the trustees of the British Museum)
 * 34. BRITISH MUSEUM.

Scottish Coins. By J.D. Bateson and N.J. Mayhew. 116 plates, 1987.
 * 35. ASHMOLEAN AND HUNTERIAN MUSEUMS.

Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and Hiberno-Norse Coins. By B. Kluge. 41 plates, 1987. (Published jointly with the State Museum, Berlin)
 * 36. STATE MUSEUM, BERLIN.

Anglo-Saxon and Later Medieval British Coins. By A. Mikolajczyk. 20 plates, 1987. (Published jointly with the Archaeological and Ethnographical Museum in Lódz)
 * 37. POLISH MUSEUMS.

Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part II. Dorset to Gloucestershire. By R.H. Thompson. 41 plates, 1988. (Published by Spink & Son Limited)
 * 38. NORWEB COLLECTION.

Edwardian English Silver Coins, 1279–1351. By J.J. North. 46 plates, 1989.
 * 39. NORTH COLLECTION.

Part IV. Anglo-Saxon Coins: Harold I and Harthacnut. By T. Talvio. 74 plates, 1991.
 * 40. ROYAL COIN CABINET, STOCKHOLM.

By V. Smart. 1992.
 * 41. CUMULATIVE INDEX OF VOLS. 21-40.

Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Later Coins to 1279. By A.J.H. Gunstone. 78 plates, 1992.
 * 42. SOUTH-EASTERN MUSEUMS.

Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part III. Hampshire to Lincolnshire. By R.H. Thompson and M.J. Dickinson. 51 plates, 1992. (Published by Spink & Son Limited)
 * 43. 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. (Published by Spink & Son Limited)
 * 44. NORWEB COLLECTION.

Anglo-Saxon and Later British Coins. By T. Berga. 12 plates, 1996.
 * 45. LATVIAN COLLECTIONS.

Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part V. Staffordshire to Westmorland. By R.H. Thompson and M.J. Dickinson. 51 plates, 1996. (Published by Spink & Son Limited)
 * 46. NORWEB COLLECTION.

English Gold Coins and their Imitations. Part I. By P. Woodhead. 83 plates, 1996. (Published by Spink & Son Limited)
 * 47. SCHNEIDER COLLECTION.

Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet Coins to 1279. By J. Booth. 64 plates, 1997.
 * 48. NORTHERN MUSEUMS.

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. (Published by Spink & Son Limited)
 * 49. NORWEB COLLECTION.

Part I. Anglo-Saxon Coins to 1016 By V. M. Potin. 54 plates. 1999.
 * 50. HERMITAGE MUSEUM, ST PETERSBURG.

Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman and later British Coins. By I. Leimus and A. Molvõgin. 54 plates. 2001.
 * 51. ESTONIAN COLLECTIONS.

Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Coins By E. Lindberger. (Publ. jointly with the University of Uppsala.) 37 plates. 2006.
 * 52. UPPSALA UNIVERSITY COIN CABINET.

English Coins, 1066–1279. By J. D. Bateson. 38 plates. 2001.
 * 53. SCOTTISH MUSEUMS.

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.
 * 54. ROYAL COIN CABINET, STOCKHOLM.

Part IV. English, Irish and Scottish Coins, 1066–1485. By M. Mucha. 23 plates. 2003.
 * 55. HERMITAGE MUSEUM, ST PETERSBURG.

English Short Cross Coins, 1180–1247. By J. P. Mass. 82 plates. 2001.
 * 56. MASS COLLECTION.

Part II. English Gold Coins, 1603 to the 20th Century. By P. Woodhead. 58 plates. 2002. (Published by Spink & Son Limited)
 * 57. SCHNEIDER COLLECTION.

Scottish Coins. Part I. 1526–1603. By M. C. Q. Holmes. 99 plates. 2006.
 * 58. NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH.

Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part VII. City of London. By R. H. Thompson and M. J. Dickinson. 61 plates. 2007.
 * 59. NORWEB COLLECTION.

Part II. Anglo-Saxon Coins 1016–1066. By V.M. Potin. 2011
 * 60 HERMITAGE MUSEUM

Part III. Anglo-Gallic, Flemish and Brantine Gold Coins 1330–1794. By P. Woodhead 2011
 * 61 SCHNEIDER COLLECTION

Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750 Part VIII. Middlesex and Uncertain Pieces. By R.H. Thompson and M.J. Dickinson 2011
 * 62 NORWEB COLLECTION

Anglo-Saxon Coins Part I. Early Silver and Gold Coins By A. Gannon 2011 Part II. Anglo-Saxon and Post-Conquest Coins to 1180. By H.E. Pagan 2012
 * 63 BRITISH MUSEUM
 * 64 GROSVENOR MUSEUM, CHESTER

Part I. Anglo-Saxon Coins to 1016. By ELINA SCREEN 2013
 * 65 NORWEGIAN COLLECTIONS

Part II. Anglo-Saxon and Later British Coins, 1016–1279. By ELINA SCREEN 2015
 * 66. NORWEGIAN COLLECTIONS

Anglo-Saxon Coins II. Southern English Coinage from Offa to Alfred c. 760–880. By R. NAISMITH 2016.
 * 67 BRITISH MUSEUM

By S. LYON.
 * 68 THE LYON COLLECTION OF ANGLO-SAXON COINS

Coins of Early Anglo-Saxon England and the North Sea Area. By T. ABRAMSON
 * 69 THE ABRAMSON COLLECTION

Scottish Coins and Dies 1603–1709. By J. D. BATESON and N. HOLMES
 * 70. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND