Robert Wodrow - Robert Sibbald - 1702-10-06

Robert Wodrow

Robert Wodrow - Robert Sibbald - 1702-10-06

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	14519
InstitutionName of Institution.	Edinburgh, University Library
InventoryInventory number.	MS Laing III.355, ff.163v-164v
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Robert Wodrow
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Robert Sibbald
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	October 6, 1702
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.	Sharp 1937, pp. 230-2, letter 1191, Burnett 2020b, p. 15472
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Bronze , Julius Caesar
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'I have met wt nothing worth your notticing here this long time, only a copper Coyn of Julius Caesar I suppose. On ye one side is a Head and ye legend is Flavius Caesar TR –MOB; ye rverse is a circle of laurel [drawing], wtin it VOT X; ye legend Caesarum nostrorum and somqt more I cannot read.' (EUL, MS Laing III.355, ff.163v-164v; Sharp 1937, pp. 230-2, letter 119; Burnett 2020b, p. 1547)

References

^ Sharp, L.W. (ed.)(1937) Early Letters of Robert Wodrow 1698-1709, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press.
^ 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.