William Courten - Henry Hare - 1694-09-25

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William Courten

William Courten - Henry Hare - 1694-09-25

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	15373
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, British Library
InventoryInventory number.	Sloane MS 3962, f.245
AuthorAuthor of the document.	William Courten
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	September 25, 1694
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Charles Patin
LiteratureReference to literature.	Burnett 2020b, pp. 370, 776, 7781
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Modern , Gordian Iii , Roman , Roman Imperial , Bronze , Tooling , Coin Price , Gordian I , Silver , Control Marks , Roman Republican , Brutus , Eid Mar
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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'a very fair Gordianus Pius though one of y^e commonest of the imperial medals & frequently in brass converted into an Africanus Jun^r by changing Pius into Afr. The Gordian Africanus in silver if true are generaly sold for 3 or 4ll a peece, and so artificially counterfeited that one must have a very discerning and accustomed eye to medals not to be imposed on. [talks of difficulty of procuring rare families in Patin…]. As to the numbers yo^r Lord^shp takes notice of on the denarius of the family Calpurnia XXXXIII (the like of which are observable on some of the denarij of the family’s of Marcia, Maria, & Norbana) it is not certain what they signifie, but some coniecture the figures denote the number of years since the establishing of some colony’s by those family’s. … The Brutus R. Eid Mart with y^e Pileum and the Pugiones if it was mine is a false one and as such I parted with it to yo^r Lord^shp for a true one is valued at least 4ll and that was rated at 2s: 6d. I have several modern medals with their frames that I design to dispose of shortly if yo^r Lord^shp would have of them [and if you would be?] pleased to let me know it for till I have yo^r Lord^shps resolutions about them they shall not be parted with, being very ambitious of lodging any part of my collection with a person for whom I have so great and due esteem.' (BL, Sloane MS 3962, f.245; Burnett 2020b, pp. 370, 776)