William Harris - Roger Gale - 1736-09-11

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William Harris, Barwell

William Harris - Roger Gale - 1736-09-11
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  14229
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. William Harris
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Roger Gale
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . September 11, 1736
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Barwell 52° 34' 21.76" N, 1° 21' 30.35" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature. Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 3, p. 4401, Burnett 2020b, pp. 400, 1271 n. 9202
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Gordian Iii , Abgar , Portrait , Claudius , Coin Price
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'I acknowledge the favor of yours, and am sorry none of my small collection are worth your acceptance, no gentleman being more welcome to anything of that nature in my possession than Mr. Gale. ... Happening the other day to look over some Welsh accounts I met with another small thick copper coin of Gordian ΑΥΤΟΡΚ ΜΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙ reverse, ΑΒΓΑΡΟΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ. The good man in half length, such as it is, with a cap on his head, not unlike honest Dick Baxter, of Kidderminster, I suppose the same that assisted Gordian with his archers against the Persians, for I find he made such an expedition; you may freely command it. The 4 consular medals, and that of Claudius’s apotheosis, I lately purchased for a guinea.'

(Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 3 p. 440; Burnett 2020b, p. 1271 n. 920)

References

  1. ^  Lukis, W.C. (ed.)(1882-87) The Family Memoirs of the Rev. William Stukeley and the Correspondence of William Stukeley, Roger & Samuel Gale, Etc., 3 Vols, Publications of the Surtees Society Vols. 73, 76, 80, London.
  2. ^  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.