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| |Correspondence date=1694/09/25 | | |Correspondence date=1694/09/25 |
| |Associated persons=Charles Patin | | |Associated persons=Charles Patin |
| |Literature=Burnett 2020b, pp. 370, 776 | | |Literature=Burnett 2020b, pp. 370, 776, 778 |
| |Numismatic keyword=modern; gordian iii; roman; roman imperial; bronze; tooling; coin price; gordian i; silver; control marks; roman republican; brutus; eid mar | | |Numismatic keyword=modern; gordian iii; roman; roman imperial; bronze; tooling; coin price; gordian i; silver; control marks; roman republican; brutus; eid mar |
| |CorrespondenceLanguage=English | | |CorrespondenceLanguage=English |
| |Grand document='a very fair Gordianus Pius though one of y<sup>e</sup> commonest of the imperial medals & frequently in brass converted into an Africanus Jun<sup>r</sup> by changing Pius into Afr. The Gordian Africanus in silver if true are generaly sold for 3 or 4ll a peece, and so artificially counterfeited that one must have a very discerning and accustomed eye to medals not to be imposed on. [talks of difficulty of procuring rare families in Patin…]. As to the numbers yo<sup>r</sup> Lord<sup>shp</sup> takes notice of on the denarius of the family Calpurnia XXXXIII (the like of which are observable on some of the denarij of the family’s of Marcia, Maria, & Norbana) it is not certain what they signifie, but some coniecture the figures denote the number of years since the establishing of some colony’s by those family’s. … The Brutus R. Eid Mart with y<sup>e</sup> Pileum and the Pugiones if it was mine is a false one and as such I parted with it to yo<sup>r</sup> Lord<sup>shp</sup> for a true one is valued at least 4ll and that was rated at 2s: 6d. I have several modern medals with their frames that I design to dispose of shortly if yo<sup>r</sup> Lord<sup>shp</sup> would have of them [and if you would be?] pleased to let me know it for till I have yo<sup>r</sup> Lord<sup>shps</sup> resolutions about them they shall not be parted with, being very ambitious of lodging any part of my collection with a person for whom I have so great and due esteem.' (BL, Sloane MS 3962, f.245; Burnett 2020b, pp. 370, 776) | | |Grand document='a very fair Gordianus Pius though one of y<sup>e</sup> commonest of the imperial medals & frequently in brass converted into an Africanus Jun<sup>r</sup> by changing Pius into Afr. The Gordian Africanus in silver if true are generaly sold for 3 or 4ll a peece, and so artificially counterfeited that one must have a very discerning and accustomed eye to medals not to be imposed on. [talks of difficulty of procuring rare families in Patin…]. As to the numbers yo<sup>r</sup> Lord<sup>shp</sup> takes notice of on the denarius of the family Calpurnia XXXXIII (the like of which are observable on some of the denarij of the family’s of Marcia, Maria, & Norbana) it is not certain what they signifie, but some coniecture the figures denote the number of years since the establishing of some colony’s by those family’s. … The Brutus R. Eid Mart with y<sup>e</sup> Pileum and the Pugiones if it was mine is a false one and as such I parted with it to yo<sup>r</sup> Lord<sup>shp</sup> for a true one is valued at least 4ll and that was rated at 2s: 6d. I have several modern medals with their frames that I design to dispose of shortly if yo<sup>r</sup> Lord<sup>shp</sup> would have of them [and if you would be?] pleased to let me know it for till I have yo<sup>r</sup> Lord<sup>shps</sup> resolutions about them they shall not be parted with, being very ambitious of lodging any part of my collection with a person for whom I have so great and due esteem.' (BL, Sloane MS 3962, f.245; Burnett 2020b, pp. 370, 776) |
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