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Johannes Smetius

Johannes Smetius - Simonds D'Ewes - 1650-01-01
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15672
InstitutionName of Institution. London, British Library
InventoryInventory number. Harley MS 376, f.159
AuthorAuthor of the document. Johannes Smetius
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Simonds D’Ewes
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . January 1, 1650
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Peter Fitton, William Murray
LiteratureReference to literature. Burnett 2020b, p. 5421
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Forgeries
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence Latin
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'Fiducia Fittoni et Moravii de nummis quibusdam tuis non possum non probare, eidem et mihi suspecti sunt, cum pondere forma, inscriptione nimirum ab genuinorum ordine abire viderentur.' (BL, Harley MS 376, f.159; Burnett 2020b, p. 542)

['I cannot fail to approve of your trust in Fitton and Murray about some of your coins, and I also thought the same ones were suspect, since by weight, shape and inscription they seem to depart too much from the ranks of the genuine.' (translation from Burnett 2020b, p. 542)]

RemarksRemarks regarding the annotation. (en)

Burnett 2020b, p. 542 n. 217: "The date looks like 1640 (MDCXL) and the letter appears thus in the MS catalogue, but it has been corrected and seems either to be MDCIL or MCCXL, probably the latter, rather than the rather odd formulation for 49." (en)

References

  1. ^  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.