Edward Lhuyd - Richard Richardson - 1698-06-19

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Edward Lhuyd, Narberth

Edward Lhuyd - Richard Richardson - 1698-06-19
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  14553
InstitutionName of Institution. London, Royal Society
InventoryInventory number. LBO 14, pp. 349-53
AuthorAuthor of the document. Edward Lhuyd
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Richard Richardson
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . June 19, 1698
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Narberth 51° 48' 20.81" N, 4° 44' 28.97" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. William Camden, William Nicolson, Humphrey Humphreys
LiteratureReference to literature. Camden 15861, Burnett 2020b, pp. 730, 15542
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  British Coins , Celtic , Julius Caesar , Welsh
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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'I have been very inquisitive about Coyns of the Princes of Wales since I began this Undertaking, but could never see one of them; tho’ the Bishop of Bangor (who is very well skill’d in British Antiquities) told me a Relation of his kept one of Lhywelyn ab Iorwerth, who was co’temporary with Richard I and K. John, in his Pocket several Years, and shewed it many of the Bishops Acquaintance, still living, who confirm it. By the Princes of Wales I understand the British Princes from K. Kadwaladr about the Year 600 to the last Prince ap Gruffydh about the Year 1280. I have found several of the more ancient British Coyns; whereof you see divers Figures in Camden. My Friend Mr Nicholson quotes Caesar for the Britons having no Coyns; whereas on the contrary Caesars Words are, Nummo utuntur parvo et aeneo: Nor can I see any reason to doubt of British Coyns of all sorts of Metal, till he or some other inform whose Coyns those are which Mr Camden and other Writers take to be British.' (Burnett 2020b, p. 730)

References

  1. ^  Camden, William (1586) Britannia siue Florentissimorum regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio, London.
  2. ^  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.