Elizabeth Elstob - George Ballard 1735-11-16

Elizabeth Elstob

Elizabeth Elstob - George Ballard 1735-11-16

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	14054
InstitutionName of Institution.	Oxford, Bodleian Library
InventoryInventory number.	MS Ballard 43, f.9
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Elizabeth Elstob
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	George Ballard
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	November 16, 1735
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature.	Hollis 2015, pp. 197-91, Burnett 2020b, pp. 1266-72
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	English Commonwealth , British Coins , Roman , Emperors
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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To let you see that I am using my endeavours to procure you some old Coins, I have sent you two or three. The small ones I can make nothing of, and shou’d be glad of your judgement, who understand them so well. I at first thought them no older than the time of the Great Rebellion, when many had the Liberty of Coining their own Money as I have been told. But observing crowns on one side I alter’d my opinion, well knowing their aversion to that Regal Ornament, and to the Persons that wore them. The other I believe is a Genuine Roman Coin by the Metal, but not being acquainted with the Faces of the Caesars, I only beg your acceptance of my intetions and desires to oblige you. (Bodleian Library, MS Ballard 43, f.9; Hollis 2015, pp. 197-9; Burnett 2020b, pp. 1266-7)

References

^ Hollis, Dawn (2015) 'On the margins of scholarship: the letters of Elizabeth Elstob to George Ballard', Lias 42.2, pp. 167-268.
^ 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.