Roger Gale - Maurice Johnson - 1742-08-09

Roger Gale

Roger Gale - Maurice Johnson - 1742-08-09

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	14810
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Roger Gale
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Maurice Johnson
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	August 9, 1742
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Claude Génébrier
LiteratureReference to literature.	Nichols 1781-1790, pp. 77-801, Burnett 2020b, pp. 397 n. 135, 740 n. 319, 16612
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Carausius , Roman , Diocletianus , Maximianus , Bronze
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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'I had not the Carausius you mention till about two years ago; it is an unique and very curious; it relates particularly to his naval power and success at sea against the emproros Diocletian and Maximian; on one side it bears Caput Carausii laureatum, humeris paludatis, IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG. On the reverse – Neptunus in rupe sedens, dextra anchorae innititur, sinistra hastam puram tenens erectam. CONSERVAT AVG. Conservator Augusti. It is of copper, and the largest size of that emperor’s coin. I think Dr Genebrier’s performance to be good in the main, though he sometimes advances things which I think his proofs do not support. The whole is writ with a true French air and spirit; he frequently mistakes the chorography of Britain, the names of places and their situation.'

(Nichols 1781-1790, pp. 77-80; Burnett 2020b, pp. 1661)

References

^ Nichols, John (ed.), Reliquiae Galeanae, in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica II.1 (London, 1781), II.2 (London, 1781), III (London, 1790).
^ 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.