Roger Gale - William Stukeley - 1740-12-12

Roger Gale, Scruton

Roger Gale - William Stukeley - 1740-12-12

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	14275
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 .	December 12, 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.	Cornelius Little, John Collins
LiteratureReference to literature.	Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 1 pp. 467-81, Burnett 2020b, p. 13082
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Otho , Forgeries , Nero , Marius
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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'I did not receive the box with the otho till last Wednesday, when all came safe, though a week after time. I am intirely of your opinion, & so is Mr. Ben Crow, who has been all this week with us, that it has been fabricated out of a Nero, the remains of the head plainly belonging to that Emperor, & the first letters, IMP : M : OTHO, being very unequal & disproportionate; the reverse seems to be purposely defaced in order to disguise it the better. The other, on which Mr. Little seems to sett as great a value as upon his OTHO, is a cast counterfiet of a medal of Augustus, & had it been genuine, might have been worth 30 or 40s. I would not give 6d. for either of them, so, having an opportunity of returning them to Mr. Collins, at Stanford, by Mr. Revely, who setts out for London in the York stage next Monday, (if the roads are passable,) I have desired him to deliver them there. ... The head upon the rev. of the silver medal is not of C: MARIVS, but DIANA, as is evident by the quiver behind her shoulder.'

(Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 1 pp. 467-8; Burnett 2020b, p. 1308)

References

^ Lukis, W.C. (ed.)(1882-87) The Family Memoirs of the Rev. William Stukeley and the Correspondence of William Stukeley, Roger & Samuel Gale, Etc., 3 Vols, Publications of the Surtees Society Vols. 73, 76, 80, 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.