Traherne, Philip - Catalogue of the coin collection of Philip Traherne - London, British Library - Add MS 22911, ff.265-80

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Philip Traherne

Traherne, Philip - Catalogue of the coin collection of Philip Traherne - London, British Library - Add MS 22911, ff.265-80

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	15901
TitleTitel of the book.	Catalogue of the coin collection of Philip Traherne
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, British Library
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
InventoryInventory number.	Add MS 22911, ff.265-80
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Philip Traherne
CollectorCollector.	Philip Traherne
Catalogue dateDate when the catalogue was issued: day - month - year .
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Humfrey Wanley, John Covel
LiteratureReference to literature.	Burnett 2020b, pp. 593-41
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Coin Drawings , Gold , Forgeries , Roman , Late Roman Empire, Greek , Silver , Bronze , Smyrna , Samos , Roman Imperial , Gems

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'The list of coins fills 30 numbered pages and was carefully made with descriptions of the obverses and reverses, a drawing of the diameter of each coin, and a transcription of its reverse inscription. It was divided by metal and class. There are 14 gold coins, three or four of which we can tell were fakes, leaving only the relatively common gold of the later Roman and early Byzantine periods; 19 Greek silver coins, including four fakes; 58 Greek bronzes, nearly all of imperial date and principally from Smyrna and Samos; 70 Roman silver coins, nearly all imperial, from the late first century AD onwards; and 39 Roman bronze coins, mostly from the period of the later Roman empire. There are also 14 or 15 gems.' (Burnett 2020b, pp. 593-4)

RemarksRemarks regarding the annotation. (en)

This MS is often identified as the list of John Covel's collection made by Humfrey Wanley when seeking to acquire Covel's collection for Lord Harley, but Burnett 2020b, pp. 593-4 has reattributed it to Traherne on the basis of the similarity of handwriting and coins mentioned in Traherne's letters. (en)