Simonds D'Ewes - Johannes Smetius - 1647-03-25

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Simonds D’Ewes

Simonds D'Ewes - Johannes Smetius - 1647-03-25

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	15615
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, British Library
InventoryInventory number.	Harley MS 377, f.173r-v
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Simonds D’Ewes
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Johannes Smetius
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	March 25, 1647
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Abraham van Goorle, Adolf Occo, Fulvio Orsini, Karl I Ludwig von der Pfalz
LiteratureReference to literature.	Burnett 2020b, pp. 508, 528 n. 151, 531, 5411
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Sextus Pompeius , Coin Value , Numismatic Literature , Addenda , Forgeries , Julius Caesar , Pompeius , Otho
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	Latin
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'Cum Carolus Bojsarus Princeps Elector Palatinus hoc me penes Numisma pridem viderat, quinquaginta valore libras extemplo pronuntiavit. ... Pulcherrimum enim Julij Caesaris Numum aeneum in cujus adverso ipsius caput laureatum cum inscriptione C IVLIVS CAES DICT PERPETVO in postico BRITANNIA S C cum figura Militari (Britonis uti reor) stante dextera coronam tenente sinistra pharetra (ni fallor) innixa, ut non vere vetustum aliquot suspicantur scioli, quia in loco ut videtur arido conditus rubiginem parvam aut nullam contraxerit; cum tamen Litera B in averso vetustate partim exeditur et extremae in ambitu orae genuinum etsi apprime rasum esse evincunt. ... Utinam ex Regio nostro Thesauri Numario, ex tuo meoque qua Addolpho Occoni qua Fulvio Ursino et Abrahamo Gorlaeo nouvum adderetur supplementum.' (BL, Harley MS 377, f.173r-v; Burnett 2020b, pp. 508, 528 n. 151, 541)

['when the Elector had long ago seen this coin of mine [of Sextus Pompey], he had immediately pronounced it worth £50. ... The very fine bronze coin of Julius Caesar on whose obverse is his laurate head with the inscription C IVLIVS CAES DICT PERPETVO and on the back BRITANNIA S C with a standing military figure (of a Briton as I think) which holds a wreath in its right hand and in its left a quiver (unless I am mistaken), which is leant upon, is somewhat suspected by those with some knowledge to be not really ancient, because it was kept in a place that it seems was dry and has collected little or no corrosion, although nevertheless the letter B on the reverse is partly worn away by age and the extreme edges around the coin show that it is genuine though much tooled. ... If only a new supplement might be added from our Royal Coin treasury, and from yours and from mine, to Adolphus Occo, Fulvio Orsini and Abraham Gorlaeus.' (translation from Burnett 2020b, pp. 508, 528 n. 151, 531, 541)]