]> 2026-07-31T04:15:07+00:00 Philip Traherne - John Covel - 1701-05-03 0 en 1701-05-03Z 2342459.5 'Dearest brother As I am an honest man I had no design upon You either when I shew’d you my Catalog or sent you my Medals, but since they do not fully answer Expectation, You shall find me very ready abl to make such Abatem^t as Your Self shall think reasonable. Of the Gold, I told you before hand that Tiberius (& perhaps som one more) was a cast piece; & when you were pleased to accept them at a Guinea p’r piece, you plainly saw that many of them were of the later Greek Emperors. I reckon therfore, according to y^r own Estimat, that they are worth 12 Guinea’s, valuing the Gold of the 3 Counterfeit but at one Guinea. Of the Silver, you mention 10 that are no more valuable than their weight in Silver; & 10 more of better worth; I suppose therfore that if those 20 be a hard bargain at 5s p’r piece, your having all the rest (w^ch are 71 Silver) at 12d p’r piece may make amends for it. Of the Seals, You judg there are not abov 4 valuabl: Let them therfore pass at 4 Guineas, and take in all the rest ''jobba'', to render the price easy. At this Rate,<br> the Gold amounts to £12 18s 0d<br> the Seals £4 06s 0d<br> the Silver £8 11s 0d<br> i.e. £25 15s 0d And I hope you may find so many among the Greek & Roman Brass & Copper (besides the Trash) as may induce you to allow the whole £28 0s 0d considering the frank Proposal I made you that the 4^th a quarter should be payable to my Son only in case he lived so long as to receiv the whol sum; but if it should please God to take him away sooner, then whatever was unpaid should be your own. Wherby you might understand I acted the part of a Merchant Adventurer, & not that of a crafty Chapman, with You. [He offers to make more abatement if Covel wants, and asks him to decide the amount himself, valuing his friendship more than ‘the medals or the Mony’.]' (BL, Add MS 22910, ff.519-20 = CUL, MS Mm VI 50, f.247; Burnett 2020b, p. 593) 15899 Add MS 22910, ff.519-20 English Burnett 2020b, p. 593 catalogue gold tiberius cast coins coin price forgeries bronze valuation 15899 Philip Traherne - John Covel - 1701-05-03 Correspondence.png 2023-11-06T12:28:43Z 2460255.0199421 2023-11-06T14:57:00Z 2460255.1229167 false Philip Traherne - John Covel - 1701-05-03 0 0 plainlist leaflet 1 [[:Philip Traherne - John Covel - 1701-05-03]] Philip Traherne - John Covel - 1701-05-03# QUERY777facb9a27c929f47a7ba8530e066ff 0 0 csv 1 [[:Philip Traherne - John Covel - 1701-05-03]] Philip Traherne - John Covel - 1701-05-03# QUERY2638f3f1dd3c9fd9b03a96c2fdec1600