John Brearcliffe - Martin Lister - undated

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John Brearcliffe

John Brearcliffe - Martin Lister - undated
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16123
InstitutionName of Institution. Oxford, Bodleian Library
InventoryInventory number. MS Lister 3, f.243
AuthorAuthor of the document. John Brearcliffe
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Martin Lister
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: 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.
LiteratureReference to literature. Burnett 2020b, pp. 709, 7161
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Roman , Coins Offered , Price
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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'Hono:ed S:r because I know not whether you might be at home I have put up these Roman coynes so as you may p’use them att your leisure. I have sett them lower in price than I mostly payd for them & such like, Indeed I have sometimes payd too much for my fancy, but I have rated these as I thought reasonable not haveing so much respect to the metal as to the peices, so shall leave it to your free election to take all or parte at the severall prices, you may take time to look well at them, I do not remember wch emprours you told me once you have allready else might have left such out here,
I am
Good S:r you:r very Humble servant
I could shew you a paper of unreasonable rates one sell me of 28 peices of copper coynes at London, but I have not done so on these
[List of coins numbered 1 to 60 from Divus Augustus to Magnentius, with prices ranging from 4d to 3s 6d]

(Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Lister 3, f.243; Burnett 2020b, p. 709)

RemarksRemarks regarding the annotation. (en)

This letter is undated and unsigned, but Burnett 2020b, p. 709 identifies the author as Brearcliffe since it is in the same handwriting and format as Brearcliffe's other letters. (en)

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.