Desiderius Erasmus - Johannes Thurzo - 1520-08-31

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Desiderius Erasmus, Louvain-la-Neuve

Desiderius Erasmus - Johannes Thurzo - 1520-08-31

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	15172
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Desiderius Erasmus
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Johannes Thurzo
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	August 31, 1520 JL
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	Louvain-la-Neuve 50° 40' 5.52" N, 4° 36' 46.38" E
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature.	Allen et al. 1906-1958, vol. 4, pp. 351-2, letter 11371, Mynors - Bietenholz 1988, pp. 36-37, letter 11372, Cunnally 1994, p. 1323, Burnett 2020b, p. 16 n. 784
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Coin Gift , Gold , Coson , Dacian
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	Latin
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'Iam vt in tuis munusculis etiam nonnihil philosopher ... Aureum numisma multos exercuit, aliis eoniectantibus esse tres Noë filios ex Arca reuertentes, et ex altera parte columbam oliuae ramum deferentem: aliis duces duos, qui medium captum ducerent, et aquilam lauri ramum in coronam deflexum gestantem. Subscriptionem nullus adhuc legere potuit, neque Graecus neque Latinus neque Hebraeus.' (Allen et al. 1906-1958, vol. 4, pp. 351-2, letter 1137)

['And now if I may indulge in some reflections on you presents ... The gold coin puzzled many people. Some conjectured that it was Noah's three sons coming down out of the ark, with the dove bearing home the olive-branch on the other side; and an eagle carrying a branch of bay bent into a wreath. The inscription no one has yet been able to read, neither Grecians, latinists, nor Hebrew scholars.'] (translation from Mynors - Bietenholz 1988, pp. 36-37, letter 1137)

RemarksRemarks regarding the annotation. (en)

Allen et al. 1906-1958, vol. 4, p. 352, n. 59: 'In reply to a question Mr. G. F. Hill of the British Museum at once identified this with *the rather mysterious but not uncommon gold coin' struck by the Dacian or Getic king, Coson (the Cotison of Hor. C. 3.8.18 and Suet. Aug. 63) between 40 and 29 B.C.; and referred to an artiele by M. Bahrfeldt in Berner Münzblaiter, 1912. The three figures are there explained as a consul marching between two lictors, and the bird as an eagle; and 112 known specimens are enumerated, two of which are in the Silesian Museum at Breslau. The subscription is in Greek capitals, KOΣΩN.' (en)