William Nicolson - Edward Lhuyd - 1694-02-16

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William Nicolson

William Nicolson - Edward Lhuyd - 1694-02-16

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	14545
InstitutionName of Institution.	Oxford, Bodleian Library
InventoryInventory number.	MS Ashmole 1816, f.468
AuthorAuthor of the document.	William Nicolson
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Edward Lhuyd
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	February 16, 1694
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	William Camden
LiteratureReference to literature.	Camden 15861, Burnett 2020b, p. 15532
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Wales , Antiquaries , Purpose Of Coinage, British Coins , Celtic , Roman
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ	https://tinyurl.com/y7hajkb3

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'I do not find that (among the several Inscriptions you there mett with) you took any from old Coins. Mr Camden (or whoever wrote y^e Remains) saies the antient Brittains us’d no such thing as coin’d money; none of y^e Welsh Antiquaries haveing hitherto been able to discover such pieces, either in Wales or any where else. And yet, you know, this same Camden (if, I say, he be the same) gives us y^e draughts of a deal of Brittish coins at the beginning of his Britannia. What to say to this I know not: unless it be that we are to look upon these coins as minted occasionally (like y^e Danegeld and Peterpence afterwards) for y^e payment of Tribute onley; and that they were afterwards disus’d as soon as the Reasons for minting them were ceas’d. I want your information in this particular.' (Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 1816, f.468; Burnett 2020b, p. 1553)