William Sherard - Thomas Owen - 1710-09-14

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William Sherard, Smyrna

William Sherard - Thomas Owen - 1710-09-14

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	15946
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, Royal Society
InventoryInventory number.	MS 256/627
AuthorAuthor of the document.	William Sherard
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Thomas Owen
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	September 14, 1710
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	Smyrna 38° 25' 25.48" N, 27° 8' 34.09" E
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature.	Burnett 2020b, pp. 612-13, 6181
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Gold , Silver , Roman , Roman Imperial , Faustina , Coin Price , Price , Bronze , Medallions , Roman Provincial , Greek , Colony , Punic
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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'I am sorry to see by yours of 5^th past, y^r former giving me an acc^t of a parcell of medalls, miscarried. Had it come to hand, I might have had time by a speedy answer, to have had some further acct of them, than what y^r last gives me; I thank you, however for that.

Gold medals are not consistent wth y^e convenience of every philosopher. Tis difficult as well as expensive to make a Parcel of them, & one in silver is all-together as instructive. Tis a known rule to buy none in Gold (y^t are to be found in silver) unless they have two or more heads. Another consideration offers also in this country, y^t y^e metall is 25 to 80 p’ Cent dearer than in England. I suppose by Drams you mean Turkish, nine of w^ch go to an ounce.

I don’t remember to have seen an imperial medal of y^e weight of Faustina’s, (I have 3 of kings, somewt heavier). However whether it be y^e Senior or Junior, they are both co’mon in gold, & not above 5 or six y^t are rare, whereof y^e cheif PVELLAE FAVSTINIANAE in y^e revers. As to y^e others I can \make/ no judgment of them more than their weight. I guess they must reckon y^e 13 gold at 130 dollars, y^e 37 silver at 40, & y^e 49 brass at 30 more to make 200. Amongst y^e silver considering their weight most of them ought to be medaillons, w^ch if of Emperors or kings (baring ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ & ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ) or Town pieces, they may be worth more than I reckon them at. As to y^e Brass I can say no thing; if you mean by y^e 12 of y^e largest sort, maximi moduli or medaillons, they are worth much more than what I put down; but, if as I suppose you mean primae magntitudinis only; if they be Latine they are as comon as y^e lesser sizes, if Greek not. Y^e 2 you write are rarities (if not counterfeat) may very much reduce the prizes of all y^e rest.

You see S^r tis impossible to for me to make any true judgm^t or even probably guess of their value. Wherefore I leave it intirely to y^rself, & shall be satisfied w^th what you shall please to do, either in buying them or not. The more Greek there are amongst them, y^e more valuable they will be to me; of if by chance there be any w^th Punick characters (as there were 2 silver in y^e last you sent me) I shall esteam them y^e more. I wish there were none gold among them (or y^t y^e others coud be bought wthout them) for he y^t buys gold medalls, tis ten to one, he buys Gold too dear.'

(Royal Society, MS 256/627; Burnett 2020b, pp. 612-13)