Roger Gale - Cornelius Little - 1743-12-03
Roger Gale, Scruton
Roger Gale - Cornelius Little - 1743-12-03
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 14276 |
| InstitutionName of Institution. | |
| InventoryInventory number. | |
| AuthorAuthor of the document. | Roger Gale |
| RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. | Cornelius Little |
| Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . | December 3, 1743 |
| PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. | Scruton 54° 19' 16.04" N, 1° 32' 18.70" W |
| Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. | John Collins |
| LiteratureReference to literature. | Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 1 pp. 471-2Lukis 1882-1887, Burnett 2020b, pp. 396, 1308Burnett 2020b |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Augustus , Marius , Triumviri Monetales , Otho , Nero , Forgeries , Coin Price , Bronze Coins , Denarius , Roman Republican , Roman Imperial , Rarity , Catalogue |
| LanguageLanguage of the correspondence | English |
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".
'As for the Augustus with Caius Marius on the reverse that I had from, & returned it to you by Mr. Collins, it is not a medal of the great Caius Marius, but struck by his grandson, Caius Marius Trogus, one of the mint masters under Augustus. The Otho that came with it was plainly a coin of Nero, altered by some artist into an Otho, & the reverse of it purposely defaced to prevent the discovery of the fraud, as farr as he could do it, by obliterating a type that would have made it too evident. Mr. Collins was mistaken if he told you that I valued the former at two guineas, it being not worth more than half a guinea, & I have a very fair one of that sort which cost me much lesse. I wish you had sent me the reverse of the other Otho that you have since gott; I could then have made some guessc at the truth of it. It is now generally agreed by the most & best judges that all the coins in copper of that short lived Emperor, which have any other type on their reverse except SC in a garland, are counterfeits, as they are allso if they want a laurel about the head, as I have one of undoubted antiquity, & the silver one of Marius. I have no occasion to purchase either of them myself, neither do I know any one in these parts that has a tast for such curiositys. London is the only market for such things, & if what you have are genuin, they will not long want a chapman there. I am sorry that I cannot gratifye you in your request to send you some Roman Denarii; the beauty of my stock consists chiefly in the Consular, not but that I have a good show of Imperial, which are all brought into exact order ; & though I have a great many, I cannot call them duplicates of the same Emperor, because they have different reverses, which makes every one of them a different medal, & to take any out of them would falsifye & deform the catalogue that I have taken great pains to compile of them. Many of those you desire are very scarce, & such as I never yet could make myself master of, & therefore hope you will excuse'
(Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 1 pp. 471-2; Burnett 2020b, pp. 396, 1308)
