Abraham de la Pryme, 1697/09/23
'I was this day with a gentleman that saw a larg piece of gold coin as bigg as a Jacobus, lately found at Riby in this county. He says that it was a Roman coin, and was such pure gold that [it] bended any way as easily as if it had been a thin plate of lead.' (Jackson 1869, p. 151)
References
- ^ Jackson, C. (ed.)(1869) The Diary of Abraham de la Pryme, the Yorkshire Antiquary, Surtees Society Vol. 54, Durham.
- ^ Burnett, Andrew M. (2020), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.