William Courten - Henry Hare - 1694-11-13

From Fina Wiki


William Courten

William Courten - Henry Hare - 1694-11-13
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15382
InstitutionName of Institution. London, British Library
InventoryInventory number. Sloane MS 3962, ff.247-8
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 . November 13, 1694
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, pp. 370, 372, 7761
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Payment , Coin Sale , Mark Antony , Cleopatra , Control Marks
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia 
Map
You can move or zoom the map to explore other correspondence!
Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

Draft letter from William Courten to Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine, 13 November 1694: 'Thanks him for the payment and advises he has ‘culled’ another ‘about 46’ including an Antony/Cleopatra ‘who seemeth to have been much iniuried by ye Monetarius, she having more the air of an Hermafrodite than of so beautiful a Lady as Historians relate her to have been, but however it was it is certain that the greatest part if not all the medals of this kind represent her with as hard features … Yor Lordshps Coniecture that the numbers in some medals of ye Maria [family] should denote so many househoulds setled in a colony is altogether new but very probable. [has some imperial medals to dispose of also, with brief descriptions and prices]' (BL, Sloane MS 3962, ff.247-8; Burnett 2020b, p. 370)

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.