Jakob Gronovius - Jabez Cay - 1698-08-11

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Jakob Gronovius, Leiden

Jakob Gronovius - Jabez Cay - 1698-08-11
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16159
InstitutionName of Institution. London, British Library
InventoryInventory number. Add MS 4277, ff.78–9
AuthorAuthor of the document. Jakob Gronovius
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Jabez Cay
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . August 11, 1698
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Leiden 52° 9' 34.11" N, 4° 29' 27.18" E
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Nicolaas Heinsius
LiteratureReference to literature. Burnett 2020b, pp. 731-21
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Galba , Domitian , Silver , Trajan , Hadrian , Roman , Books
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence Latin
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'Gronovius thanks him for ‘the special coin of Galba’ (egregium ... illud numisma Galbae) for the ‘argentea Domitiani et Trajani et Hadriani’, with which Cay has increased his collection (his quum auges thecam nummariam meam). He considers whether he should have spurned common coins ‘hodiernos nummos’ and bought the ‘gazophylacium’, which was in the sale of the books of Wilhelm van der Goes (formerly of Nicolas Heinsius) ten years earlier.' (Burnett 2020b, pp. 731-2)

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.