John Marsham - Pierre de Carcavi - undated

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John Marsham

John Marsham - Pierre de Carcavi - undated
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15743
InstitutionName of Institution. Maidstone, Kent History and Library Centre
InventoryInventory number. U1300/Z11
AuthorAuthor of the document. John Marsham
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Pierre de Carcavi
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, p. 5601
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Coin Drawings
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence Latin
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Identifies some of the drawings and casts sent by Carcavi. Has nothing to add to what de Carcavi said about CONOB, and explains his view that emperors were shown unarmed because coins were mostly expressions of religion or the worship of gods: ‘weapons are kept away from the sacred: Godshavenoneedofswords’(sacrisarcentur arma; neq’ Numinibus opus est gladiis’).

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.