Simonds D'Ewes - Anthony Tuckney - 1649-04-12

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Simonds D’Ewes

Simonds D'Ewes - Anthony Tuckney - 1649-04-12

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	15403
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, British Library
InventoryInventory number.	Harley MS 377, ff.157-61
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Simonds D’Ewes
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Anthony Tuckney
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	April 12, 1649
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. 3821
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Roman , Gift , Coin Collection , Cambridge , University Collection
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	Latin
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'D’Ewes said he was giving 500 bronze coins, mostly large ones and ‘definitely genuine and ancient’ (vere genuinos at antiquos). They were arranged in two chronological trays (tabulas), starting with Augustus and going down to ‘the terrible impersonator of Hercules’, Commodus (pessimus ille personatus Hercules). In his usual immodest way, D’Ewes pointed out what a good collection it was: many rare emperors were represented (Galba, Otho, Vitellius), as well as rare imperial wives (Sabina, Faustina I and II, Lucilla). He emphasised that the coins were genuine, in a field where forgeries abounded, including those of Otho, Avidius Cassius (!) and Antinous.' (summary from Burnett 2020b, p. 382)