'[It is] almost impracticable here in the Country to make a compleat Collection or Series of the Roman Coins, [and so he has therefore disposed of them.] ... [I am now] very desirous of getting all the Gold, Silver, or Copper, English, Irish, or Scotch money’s since the Conquest – and have satisfied my curiosity in having picked up a gd number.' (BL, Stowe MS 749, f.268v; Sommerlad 1962, p. 336; Burnett 2020b, p. 735)