Roger Gale - William Stukeley - 1740-11-18
Roger Gale, Scruton
Roger Gale - William Stukeley - 1740-11-18
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 14272 |
| InstitutionName of Institution. | |
| InventoryInventory number. | |
| AuthorAuthor of the document. | Roger Gale |
| RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. | William Stukeley |
| Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . | November 18, 1740 |
| 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. | Bernardo Sterbini, Cornelius Little, John Collins, Thomas Herbert |
| LiteratureReference to literature. | Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 1 pp. 467-8Lukis 1882-1887, Burnett 2020b, p. 1308Burnett 2020b |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Otho , Denarius , Augustus , Marius , Coin Price , Triumviri Monetales |
| LanguageLanguage of the correspondence | English |
| External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ |
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".
'I have had a letter from Mr. Cornelius Little the last post, acquainting me with his sending up his OTHO by Mr. Collins, & desiring me to send him 40 guineas for it; as allso a Denarius of Augustus, with Caius Marius on the reverse. I am not for buying a pig in a poke; neither if it was undoubtedly genuine was it worth half the money, Lord Pembroke, a little before his death, having bought one of Starbini for 15 pounds, exceedingly well preserved; & as I have a true one allready, I have no farther [desire] about it. However, I should be glad to have your thoughts about it, & a draught of it, which you may certainly have leave to take from Mr. Collins, who must be in town before this time. Mr. Little allso mentions a Denarius of Augustus, which he seems allso to value at a very high rate, & is, indeed, a scarce medal, if the same as I take it to be. He says the reverse has C: MARIVS upon it, which he takes to be the great C. Marius, but relates indeed to C. Marius, one of Augustus’s Triumviri Monetales, & thought by some to be a grandson of the former. I believe the letters upon it are C: MARIVS: TRO: III: VIR: i.e., Caius Marius Trogus triumvir, which sufficiently distinguishes him. I beg a draught of it from you, & an exact copy of the legends on both sides, & that you will seal up the inclosed & forward it as directed by the first post.'
(Hunter 1832, vol. 1 pp. 467-8; Burnett 2020b, p. 1308)