Roger Gale - William Stukeley - 1730-07-11

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Roger Gale - William Stukeley - 1730-07-11

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	15438
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Roger Gale
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	William Stukeley
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	July 11, 1730
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	London ^{51° 29' 21.60" N, 0° 8' 38.60" W}
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Ezechiel Spanheim, John Selden
LiteratureReference to literature.	Selden 16401, Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 1, p. 4562, Burnett 2020b, p. 3983
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Hebrew , Jewish
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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'I am obliged to you for the draught of the Hebrew coin you sent me. Selden takes notice of it. Lib. ii. de Jure Naturali Gentium secundum Hebraeos., cap vi. Both he & Spanheim think it to be inferioris oevi; the former that it has been even the work of a Christian, from a crosse, as he takes it to be, at the end of the word Mosheh, which yours exhibits as an A upon the collar of the head. In my mind it cannot be read Messiah unctus, that word terminating in h, not a. The interpretation of the reverse is Non erunt tibi Dii alieni coram me. The Jews, after their return from Babylon, were so prodigiously afraid of idolatry that they would not suffer the least representation of any human figure, as is plain from Josephus, & were cautious in that respect, even to ridiculousness ; so that I cannot think this was coined under the Asmonean kings — perhaps Herod might strike it, who was not so scrupulous as his predecessor.' (Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 1, p. 456; Burnett 2020b, p. 398)

References

^ Selden, John (1640) De jure naturali et gentium juxta disciplinam Erbraeoru, Lipsiae & Francofurti: Apud Jeremiam Schrey, literis Goderitschianis.
^ Lukis, W.C. (ed.)(1882-87) The Family Memoirs of the Rev. William Stukeley and the Correspondence of William Stukeley, Roger & Samuel Gale, Etc., 3 Vols, Publications of the Surtees Society Vols. 73, 76, 80, London.
^ 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.