William Nicolson - 1706-01-31

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William Nicolson, 1706/01/31

William Nicolson - 1706-01-31
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  14582
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PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
AuthorAuthor of the document. William Nicolson
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Andrew Fountaine, Francesco Mezzabarba Birago, Sophie Charlotte von Hannover
Publication dateDate when the publication was issued: day - month - year . January 31, 1706
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  English , Gold , Hadrian , Roman , Brittania , Carausius , Allectus
LiteratureReference to literature. Mezzabarba Birago 16831, Jones - Holmes 1985, p. 3682, Burnett 2020b, pp. 898-9 n. 128, 1093 n. 91, 16093
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'In the morning, I called on Sir A. Fountain; who shewed me his English Coins and Medals in proper Classes of Turkey-leather, at 3s. a piece. Amongst these he has a fair Sett of Gold-pieces: And, in the middle of these, a massy Medal (of about 40 Guineas in Weight) given him by Princess Sophia; with her Head, on one side, and an Inscription giveing her Titles and notifying the time of her being Nominated Successor to the English Crown, and (on the other) the Head of our Maud the Empress, from whom the House of Hannover derived their Descent. He shewed me a Shilling of Charles the first (for so the Inscription calls it) with a fair pourtraicture of his father King James. He likewise produced, in Mediobarbus’s Edition of Occo, two of Hadrian’s Coins nearly resembling mine with the Britannia. He supposes all those of Carausius and Allectus to have been struck here; and most of ’em in London.'

(Jones - Holmes 1985, p. 368; Burnett 2020b, pp. 898-9 n. 128, 1609)

References

  1. ^  Mezzabarba Birago, Francesco (1683). Imperatorum romanorum numismata a Pompeio magno ad Heraclium ab Adolfo Occo ne olim congesta, nunc augustorum iconibus, perpetuis historico / Chronologicis notis, plubribusque additamentis illustrata, et aucta. Mediolani: Ex Typographia Ludovici Montiae.
  2. ^  Jones, Clyve and Holmes, Geoffrey (1985), The London Diaries of William Nicolson, Bishop of Carlisle, 1702-1718, Oxford.
  3. ^  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.