A Catalogue of Gold Medals ... bought by Doctor Mead for 200 Guineas, 11th November 1734 - Glasgow, Glasgow University - MS Hunterian Add q76

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A Catalogue of Gold Medals ... bought by Doctor Mead for 200 Guineas, 11th November 1734 - Glasgow, Glasgow University - MS Hunterian Add q76

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	16629
TitleTitel of the book.	A Catalogue of Gold Medals weighing altogether 13 oz. 17 dwt 0 gr bought by Doctor Mead for 200 Guineas, 11th November 1734
InstitutionName of Institution.	Glasgow, Glasgow University
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
InventoryInventory number.	MS Hunterian Add q76
AuthorAuthor of the document.
CollectorCollector.	Richard Mead
Catalogue dateDate when the catalogue was issued: day - month - year .	November 11, 1734
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Richard Mead
LiteratureReference to literature.	Burnett 2020b, pp. 1134-5, 1665-61
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Gold , Greek , Roman , Roman Imperial

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A list of 12 Greek, 54 Roman and 4 ‘incerta’ gold coins, bought by Mead from an unknown vendor in 1734. As many as 16 of the coins, some 25%, are marked as false, and more may have been. The list is transcribed by Burnett 2020b, pp. 1665-6.

References

^ 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.