Humfrey Wanley - Hans Sloane - 1698-08-09

Humfrey Wanley

Humfrey Wanley - Hans Sloane - 1698-08-09

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	16070
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, British Library
InventoryInventory number.	Sloane MS 4037, f.106
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Humfrey Wanley
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Hans Sloane
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	August 9, 1698
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Thomas Hyde
LiteratureReference to literature.	Wanley 1989, pp. 98-9, letter 511, Burnett 2020b, pp. 650, 11232
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Persian , Syriac , Tughril Beg
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ	https://tinyurl.com/yw9y9ull

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'I delivered the brass coin to Mr Hyde, and told him that it came from you, to whom he will send the explication of it, if anything can be picked out. He is trying what he can do with a coin of Tangrolipix [Tughril Beg], the first Sultan of the Turks in Persia, which ha’s an ill fashion’d Head, & on the reverse a plain Inscription, which the Dr says is in Syriak letters, but I am affraid there will be no great discoveries.' (Wanley 1989, pp. 98-9, letter 51; Burnett 2020b, p. 650)

References

^ Wanley, Humfrey (1989), Letters of Humfrey Wanley, Oxford (ed. P. L. Heyworth)
^ 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.