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John Brearcliffe - Thomas Browne - 1669-08-24

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John Brearcliffe, Halifax

John Brearcliffe - Thomas Browne - 1669-08-24
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16120
InstitutionName of Institution. Oxford, Bodleian Library
InventoryInventory number. MS Rawlinson D 391, ff.77r-78r
AuthorAuthor of the document. John Brearcliffe
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Thomas Browne
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . August 24, 1669
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Halifax 53° 43' 22.51" N, 1° 51' 37.76" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature. Barbour 2013, p. 2221, Burnett 2020b, pp. 708, 7492
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Roman , Silver , Catalogue , Coins Sent , Nerva , Hoard , Vitellius , Denarius , Vespasian , Titus , Domitian , Trajan , Mark Antony , Honorius , Bronze
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'Halifax 24o August 1669

Reverend Sr
I pceive by Mr Hynde yor busynes was great yt yecould not have ye leasure in my last to /// me but now according unto my p’misse have sent you here enclosed a catalogue of all my Coynes & tho’ I mention but one of a sorte I have more \of some/ of them & wther you like or desire any if you please to give it a prick through with a pin at ye end of it. If I have more on yt stampe I will send it you ye next iourney, or els pence(?) it you csten new in silvr: & therfor desire this enclosed catalogue to be sent me back againe.
The 4th may last I sent you 10 silver pieces viz.
[lists 9 Flavian and 1 Nerva].
The 7 new casten in block Tinn I give you if worth yr acceptance.
Sr I am afraid I am to tedious & troublesome who is
Sr yor obliged ffri: & Servt
John Brearcliff'

(Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson D 391, ff.77r-78r; Barbour 2013, p. 222; Burnett 2020b, p. 708)

'The letter is accompanied by a page listing the coins. The list is headed ‘all silver Roman pieces’, and then includes (by type) Vitellius (4), Vespasian and Titus (27), Domitian (20), Nerva (7) and Trajan (13). Quantities had been added to the left of each entry, but they cannot be seen for the left-hand column, since the binding is too tight; there was, however, a total of 43 coins for Domitian. Combined with his letter it shows that Brearcliffe must have got hold of a very large second-century hoard of Roman denarii. The piece of paper includes two more group of coins. The first is ‘Silver pieces more’: 17 assorted coins from Antony LEG XV to Honorius. The second is of Roman bronze coins: ‘In Large Brass Roman first magnitude’ (Burnett 2020b, p. 708)

References

  1. ^  Barbour, R. (2013) Sir Thomas Browne. A Life, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
  2. ^  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.