Humfrey Wanley - John Covel - 1712-03-06

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Humfrey Wanley

Humfrey Wanley - John Covel - 1712-03-06

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	14447
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.	06
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Humfrey Wanley
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	John Covel
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	March 6, 1712
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	John Kemp
LiteratureReference to literature.	Wanley 1989, p. 264, letter 1221, Burnett 2020b, pp. 589, 15262
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Scipio Africanus , Roman , Roman Republican , Coin Types , Forgeries
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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'Mr Kemp joyn’s with me in hearty Thanks for your kind favors to us in Cambridge; and take’s your kind Enquiry after him in a very thankful Part. As to his Scipio Africanus, I have seen it this day; upon the Adverse side is a Mans Naked Head, with this Epigraphe P SCIPIO AFRIC; on the Reverse is a Figure standing in a Triumphal Chariot drawn by Four Horses, & this Inscription CART SVBAC. If you have any more Quaeries about this or any other of his Coins, I shall be sure to answer them to the best of my Power.'

(Wanley 1989, p. 264, letter 122; Burnett 2020b, pp. 589, 1526)

RemarksRemarks regarding the annotation. (en)

'The coin of Scipio is not ancient. Another specimen is mentioned by Jacobus Gronovius, Thesaurus Graecarum Antiquitatum Vol III (Leiden, 1698), p. (p) (not illustrated).' (Burnett 2020b, p. 1526 n. 5) (en)