Hans Sloane - unknown recipient - 1735-09-16

Hans Sloane

Hans Sloane - unknown recipient - 1735-09-16

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	16080
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, British Library
InventoryInventory number.	Sloane MS 4068, f.275
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Hans Sloane
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	September 16, 1735
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature.	Delbourgo 2017, p. 2551, Burnett 2020b, p. 6672
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Arabic , Punic , Roman , Roman Provincial
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'I have in a collection of medals \& coins/ of ab^t 25000 many punic, Colonie pieces of the Romans, & coins of the ancient & later Kings of Spain. So that unlesse I had a particular acc^t of what you have ’tis likely I may have them already as I formerly wrote to you. The coins above mentioned are very scarce & chiefly taken notice of by \two Authors \wch/ I have viz./Lastanossa & Bary the one \of/ whom wrote in Spanish the other in Latin. If there be any thing besides what is in Aldrete I should be glad to know ... Some of these coins I have had interpreted by a native of the inward parts of Africa a black Mahometan priest who had great knowledge of the ancient as well as modern Arabick.' (British Library, Sloane MS 4068, f.275; Delbourgo 2017, p. 255; Burnett 2020b, p. 667)

References

^ Delbourgo, J. (2017) Collecting the World. The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane, London, Allen Lane.
^ 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.