Roger Gale - Maurice Johnson - 1739/40-02-29

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Roger Gale, Scruton

Roger Gale - Maurice Johnson - 1739/40-02-29
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  14803
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. Roger Gale
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Maurice Johnson
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . February 29, 1740
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Scruton 54° 19' 16.04" N, 1° 32' 18.70" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Anselmo Maria Banduri, Charles du Fresne, Francesco Mezzabarba Birago
LiteratureReference to literature. Mezzabarba Birago 16841, Nichols 1781-1790, pp. 341-32, Burnett 2020b, pp. 397 n. 143, 16613
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Constantine , London , Roman , Later Roman Empire
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'I have met with nothing curious since I last wrote to you, except a coin in the middle brass of Constantine the Great ... ADVENTVS AVG N, PLN Quotes Banduri ‘nummus rarissimus’, lacking everywhere ‘except in the cabinet of Mons. Foucault’ The rarity of it lies in the letter N after AVG, [missing in Mezzobarba and Du Cange; believes it was struck in London] I have sent you this brief account of this curious medal, which is very well preserved, and esteemed so by Banduri, who has wrote the fullest and best of any author upon the medals of the Lower Empire...'

(Nichols 1781-1790, pp. 341-3; Burnett 2020b, p. 1661)

References

  1. ^ Mezzabarba Birago 1684 
  2. ^  Nichols, John (ed.), Reliquiae Galeanae, in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica II.1 (London, 1781), II.2 (London, 1781), III (London, 1790).
  3. ^  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.