Sambrooke, Francis - The Number and Values of my great Brass Roman Coins, contained in Eleven Draws of my best Cabinett

Francis Sambrooke, London, 1709/07/25

Sambrooke, Francis - The Number and Values of my great Brass Roman Coins, contained in Eleven Draws of my best Cabinett

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	16597
TitleTitel of the book.	The Number and Values of my great Brass Roman Coins, contained in Eleven Draws of my best Cabinett. 25th July 1709
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, British Library
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	London ^{51° 30' 26.80" N, 0° 7' 39.96" W}
InventoryInventory number.	Sloane MS 3407, ff.92-104
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Francis Sambrooke
CollectorCollector.	Francis Sambrooke
Catalogue dateDate when the catalogue was issued: day - month - year .	July 25, 1709
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature.	Archibald 1994, p. 1621, Burnett 2020b, pp 779-812
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Roman , Roman Imperial , Byzantine , Bronze , Silver , Roman Provincial , Egypt , Roman Republican

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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'This catalogue begins (f.92r) with the contents:

The Number and Values of my great Brass Roman Coins, contained in Eleven Draws [sic] of my best Cabinett. 25th July 1709

And also of my Middle Brass Roman Coyns & 13 aegyptian Silver Greek Coins in my best Cabinet

The following folios (ff.92–104v) consist of pages, each numbered from 1 to 15. The first 13 pages list 733 coins, from Julius Caesar to the early Byzantine period. The brief identifications and their values correspond almost exactly to the fuller list in Sloane MS 2954, ff.67–135, confirming that we are dealing with the same collection. On p. 14, there is some addition of the totals from previous pages, followed at the end by some summaries (f.99v–100r = pp. 14–15):

~~589:10:0~~ Totall value of my Roman Great Brass Coins contained in 11 Draws of my best Cabinet 22th July 1709

589:10:0 Totall

115:17:6 Totall of my Lesser Brass & Greek in my best Cabinet

705:07:6

460:00:0 Tot: value of the Roman Silver coines 1165:07:6

15 [= 100r]

733 Tot. great Brass

379 Tot. Middle Brass [the list below actually goes to 380]

592 Tot. Silver

2004 Tot. in number

733

115:17:6

460

Value Tot. 1308:17:6

Page 16 (= f.100v) is blank, and is followed by pages 17–24 (= ff.101r–104v), which give:

The number & Value of my lesser brass Roman Coynes

Pages 17–24 then list out the values of the smaller 380 bronze coins, from the Roman Republic, down to the same early Byzantine period. On p. 24 (f.104v), the figures are added up, giving:

115:17:6 Tot: value of my Middle brass Roman Coins, & 13 silver Greek aegyptian Coynes 25th July 1709

The figure of £115:17s:6d had already appeared as a sub-total on p. 14 (f.99v).'

(Burnett 2020b, pp. 780-1

References

^ Archibald, M. M. (1994) 'Coins and Medals', in A. MacGregor (ed.) Sir Hans Sloane, Collector, Scientist, Antiquary: Founding Father of the British Museum, London, pp. 150-68.
^ 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.