Robert Wodrow - Robert Sibbald - 1710-11-23

Robert Wodrow

Robert Wodrow - Robert Sibbald - 1710-11-23

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	16216
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Robert Wodrow
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Robert Sibbald
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	November 23, 1710
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.	McCrie 1842-3, vol. 1, pp. 171-3, letter 551, Burnett 2020b, p. 8112
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Silver , Roman , Faustina , Saxon , Glasgow
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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'What comes now is a spoon of a mixed metal Which was found with the Roman coin of Faustina, which I let you see in Cunningham, in the parish of Stevenston, a little from the shore, about a mile from Saltcoats to the south. There are little blowing hills of sand there, and by the blowing of the sand there begin to appear somewhat like the ruins of a building, and it's here where this spoon was got some years since.
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I send you likewise part of a fibula of silver or mixed metal. This was got within a mile of Port-Glasgow, by the falling of a brae; and with it a considerable number of Saxon coins, several of which I have.'

(McCrie 1842-3, vol. 1, pp. 171-3, letter 55; Burnett 2020b, p. 811)

References

^ McCrie, T. (ed.)(1842-3) The correspondence of the Rev. Robert Wodrow, 3 vols., Edinburgh.
^ 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.