Roger Ascham - Edward Raven - 1551-01-20

Roger Ascham, Augsburg

Roger Ascham - Edward Raven - 1551-01-20

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	14336
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Roger Ascham
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Edward Raven
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	January 20, 1551 ^JL
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	Augsburg ^{48° 22' 0.49" N, 10° 53' 55.31" E}
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Johann Jacob Fugger, Robert Pember
LiteratureReference to literature.	Giles 1865-1866, vol. I.2, pp. 243-81, letter 1161, Burnett 2020b, pp. 1357, 802
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Diocletianus , Maximianus , Goldsmiths , Augustus , Divus , Roman Republican , Nero , Domitian , Hebrew
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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[at Brussels] for this ye must consider, in every town I came in, as leisure would serve, I went in to see all abbeys, friaries, churches, libraries, stationers for books, goldsmiths for old coins.
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[at Maastricht] and here, at a goldsmith’s shop, I saw the first old coins after I came out of England. The goldsmith told me that a great sort were found at Tongres, which we past from the day before.
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[at Binga = Bingen] Here I bought two fair coins of Diocletian and Maximian for a stiver.
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[at ‘Estling’ = Esslingen] At Estling we lay that night, after my custom I went to the goldsmiths’ shops, and with one man I found plenty of coins, but all brass. I went to his chamber, and for twelve I would have given him two French crowns: five of them were of AUGUSTUS: the other of the xii first emperors: I never saw goodlier.... The man of his gentilness gave me an Augustus, having on one side Divus Augustus Pater, and on the other Providentia. He told me that the bishops of Trivers and JOANNES JACOBUS FUCCARUS the rich merchant of Augusta, and an earl that is with the emperor, doth seek all old coins they can, both gold, silver, and brass. The three great lords make old coins here too dear except our new money were more plenty and better. I saw here at Augusta three coins emongs a great number, for which I proffered half a crown a-piece. The first was thick, having of one side four running horses, on the other side an elephant, and this word Caesar only in fair letters. The second was fair and thick, with this name P. CLODIUS: the third was LIBO SCRIBONIUS. Some of you will jest at my diligence in seeking thus old monuments: but I do it for the remembrance veteris et amici et praeceptoris nostri Mr PEMBER, whom I do not forget, ...
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[at ‘Gamsbroug, the baiting town betwixt Ulma and Augusta’ = Günzburg] I bought of a goldsmith, a Jew, two notable coins in silver, a Nero that weighs about iiii oz and a Domitian with anchora Aldi. He let me see an Hebrew coin of gold, old and fair, but he would not sell it.

References

^ Giles, J.A. (ed.)(1865-6) The whole works of Roger Ascham, now first collected and revised, with a life of the author, London.
^ 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.