William Nicolson - Ralph Thoresby - 1708-06-17

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William Nicolson, Rose Castle

William Nicolson - Ralph Thoresby - 1708-06-17
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16340
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. William Nicolson
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Ralph Thoresby
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . June 17, 1708
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Rose Castle 54° 48' 22.72" N, 2° 58' 50.30" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Francesco Mezzabarba Birago
LiteratureReference to literature. Mezzabarba Birago 16831, Hunter 1832, vol. 2, pp. 105-72, Burnett 2020b, p. 869 n. 1593
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Hadrian , Probus , Roman , Roman Imperial , Aurelianus
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia  https://archive.org/details/lettersofeminent02thor/page/104/mode/2up
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'Your last kind letter was so over carefully laid up, (a fault which I am too frequently guilty of,) that I have had a deal of searching for it, in order to my giving of thanks with a better grace. Yesterday, I happily found it stuck up in Mediobarbus, at p. 176, 177, where mention is made of your coin of Hadrian, the reverse of which he thus describes : Figura genuflexa cum Curriculo ab Imperatore sublevatur. That Emperor was a restorer of almost all the several provinces that depended on the Roman Empire ; and some of his coins (in the pages forementioned) bear his title, Restitutori Orbis Terrarum, which was a rant, that was copied by Aurelian, Probus, and some others.' (Hunter 1832, vol. 2, pp. 105-7; Burnett 2020b, p. 869 n. 159)

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. ^  Hunter, J. (ed.)(1832) Letters of Eminent Men addressed to Ralph Thoresby, FRS, London.
  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.