John Locke - Nicolas Thoynard - 1699-01-14

John Locke

John Locke - Nicolas Thoynard - 1699-01-14

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	16101
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	John Locke
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Nicolas Thoynard
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	January 14, 1699
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Isaac Vossius
LiteratureReference to literature.	De Beer 1976-1989, letter 25501, Minc 1985, p. 1142, Burnett 2020b, p. 6893
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Jewish , Samaritan , Antigonus , Date
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	French, Latin
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'With regard to the medal with [the inscription] BACIΛEΩC ANTIΓON, I am surprised as much by the language as by the characters used in this inscription. Isaac Vossius maintained that the common language of the Jews in the time of our Lord was Greek. I could never agree. If, however, Antigonus inscribed his coins with Samaritan characters in order to give them an archaic appearance, he could not have used the Greek language for [the purpose of generating] goodwill or [for personal] ambition, since the Jews were made to suffer so much by the Seleucids, and both [peoples] were already ruled by the powerful Romans. [The letters] LPI on the medal of Herod could not indicate "year 13" because in that case, it seems to me, it should have been ' (English translation from Minc 1985, pp. 114)

References

^ De Beer, E.S. (ed.)(1976-1989) The Correspondence of John Locke, 8 vols., Oxford, Oxford University Press.
^ Minc, Henryk (1985), "Ancient Jewish coins in the correspondence between John Locke and Nicolas Toinard", The Biblical Archaeologist, 48/2, p. 108-121.
^ 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.