Thomas Ford - John Covel - 1700-01-29

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Thomas Ford

Thomas Ford - John Covel - 1700-01-29
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15868
InstitutionName of Institution. London, British Library
InventoryInventory number. Add MS 22910, f.498
AuthorAuthor of the document. Thomas Ford
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. John Covel
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . January 29, 1700
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. 5871
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Hoard , Wallingford , Silver , Roman , Allectus , Lincoln
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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Reports on a hoard of third-century Roman silver coins found near Wallingford in 1699, ‘which may possibly afford some small entertainment to so great a Lover of them, though they add nothing to the large knowledge you have of things of this nature.’ Most of the hoard (‘half a bushell at first found’) had been dispersed, but Ford was able to see ‘a score’, which he described, ranging in date down to Valerian II and Mariniana. Ford also described a coin of Allectus he had seen in Lincoln. Covel had added notes in the margin of the letter, naming the various emperors whose coins were mentioned, presumably for later reference. (Burnett 2020b, p. 587)

References

  1. ^  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.