Futter, Henry - Inscriptions upon the Reverses of Medalls

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Futter, Henry - Inscriptions upon the Reverses of Medalls
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15736
TitleTitel of the book. Inscriptions upon the Reverses of Medalls
InstitutionName of Institution. Maidstone, Kent History and Library Centre
InventoryInventory number. U1300/Z11
AuthorAuthor of the document. Henry Futter
Publication dateDate when the publication was issued: day - month - year .
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. John Marsham, John Newman
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Roman Imperial , Roman , Silver , Bronze , Inscriptions , Roman Provincial
LiteratureReference to literature. Burnett 2020b, p. 5591
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia 
Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

Probably the list referred to by Futter in a letter to John Marsham, 19 June 1665. 'It is entitled ‘Inscriptions upon the Reverses of Medalls’, and looks very much like Futter’s handwriting. Many of the 123 inscriptions, presumably implying 123 coins, look like the sort of inscriptions one would find on the reverses of imperial denarii or, in some cases, late Roman bronzes (Spes Republicae, Securitas Reipublicae, Beata Tranquillitas, etc.), while others are inscriptions from Roman provincial coins. Some of them have been underlined and numbered, and both the numbers and the inscriptions correspond to another, shorter, list in Marsham’s handwriting and annotated ‘In Mr Newman’s note, sent by H. Futter’. This list has 31 coins, starting with one of Cos, but the rest are Roman provincial, the majority (27) coming principally from ancient Syria, Mesopotamia or Judaea. The coins are not further described, but are referred to only by their reverse inscriptions, meaning that precise identifications are not now possible. Thirteen of them, however, were marked with a small horizontal line, as if being of greater interest, and the inscriptions of several of the thirteen match some of the coins included in Marsham’s nondum edita.' (Burnett 2020b, p. 559)

References

  1. ^  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.