William Nicolson - Edward Lhuyd - 1694-08-27

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William Nicolson

William Nicolson - Edward Lhuyd - 1694-08-27

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	14547
InstitutionName of Institution.	Oxford, Bodleian Library
InventoryInventory number.	MS Ashmole 1816, f.470
AuthorAuthor of the document.	William Nicolson
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Edward Lhuyd
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	August 27, 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, Robert Plot
LiteratureReference to literature.	Burnett 2020b, p. 15531
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Julius Caesar , British Coins , Celtic , Bladud , Prasutagus
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ	https://tinyurl.com/y9yro5lc

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'I am glad to see that you doubt whether the old Brittains had any Coins before y^e comeing in of the Romans, I confess, I am still very confident they had not. The account which J. Caesar and others give of their conversation and manner of life affords little encouragement to think they were so far acquainted wth the mysteries of Trade as to have any occasion for coin’d money. We onely guess the hollow pieces you mention might be some sort of Brittish money; but when coin’d or currant no body can certainly determine. Some of the Conjectures which Camden makes upon such pieces as he believed to be Brittish differ very little from y^r Countremans Bladud and Dr Plott’s Prasutagus.'

(Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 1816, f.470; Burnett 2020b, p. 1553)