Abraham Ortelius - Jacob Cool - 1591-5-2

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Abraham Ortelius, Antwerp

Abraham Ortelius - Jacob Cool - 1591-5-2

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	498
InstitutionName of Institution.	Paris, Fondation Custodia
InventoryInventory number.	Frits Lugt Collection, 1972 A-3
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Abraham Ortelius
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Jacob Cool
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	May 2, 1591
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	Antwerp 51° 13' 16.00" N, 4° 23' 58.96" E
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Hans Woutneel, Robert Aske
LiteratureReference to literature.	Hessels 1887, no. 196, pp. 473-474Hessels 1887, Callataÿ 2017, p. 93, n° 71Callataÿ 2017, Burnett 2020b, pp. 156, 213, 216Burnett 2020b
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Greek , Alexander The Great, Philip Ii , Roman , Pescennius , Carus
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	Latin
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ	http://www.numisbel.be/KBGN%20175 Callatay.pdf

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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

2 May 1591 (from Antwerp): “S. P. optime nepos. Litteras tuas argumenti plenas gratissime accepi. Tu nondum quae ego cum Woudnellii mercibus miserum, intellego. Accipies autem, spero. Nummos quos apud Askum vidisti, novi memoria, eosdem enim mihi ostendit olim, quae desiderat, desideranda sunt, potis quam possidenda, quis enim Pescennium Nigrum ex AE? Si vellet carere aureo suo Caro, haberet à me Alex. Magnum, aut Philippum eius patrem, etiam ex auro, extra omnem controversiam antiquum, praeterea integerrimum. Scis, et scit quantum auro sint ponderosiores prisci hi nummi, qua milli declinantis Imperii, sub quo Carus. Theatrum meum recudo, eius media pars recusa ante annum fuit, inter quam folium quod Britannicas continet; itaque illud iam mutari non potest. De huius virginibus quod tam benè mereri studeas, te laudo plurimum” – comments on various plates of the Theatrum but without numismatic relevance (Paris, Fondation Custodia, Frits Lugt Collection, 1972 A-3; Hessels 1887, no. 196, p. 473-474).

['I knew from memory the coins which you saw at Aske’s house. For he once showed me the same ones. What he desires are to be desired, rather than possessed. For who has a Pescennius Niger in bronze? If he should wish to be without his gold Carus, he would have from me an Alexander the Great, or his father Philip, and of gold, ancient beyond any argument, and particularly well-preserved. You know, and he knows, how much heavier these ancient coins are than those of the declining Empire, when Carus was.' (partial translation from Burnett 2020b, p. 156)]