]> 2026-04-22T15:00:20+00:00 Simonds D'Ewes - Johannes Smetius - 1647-03-25 0 en 1647-03-25Z 2322697.5 '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)] 15615 Harley MS 377, f.173r-v Latin Burnett 2020b, pp. 508, 528 n. 151, 531, 541 sextus pompeius coin value numismatic literature addenda forgeries julius caesar pompeius otho 15615 Simonds D'Ewes - Johannes Smetius - 1647-03-25 Correspondence.png 2023-10-12T11:14:23Z 2460229.9683218 2023-10-13T18:22:57Z 2460231.2659375 false Simonds D'Ewes - Johannes Smetius - 1647-03-25 0 0 plainlist leaflet 1 [[:Simonds D'Ewes - Johannes Smetius - 1647-03-25]] Simonds D'Ewes - Johannes Smetius - 1647-03-25# QUERY01603931bb55aaeb043f47eb10fa5247 0 0 csv 1 [[:Simonds D'Ewes - Johannes Smetius - 1647-03-25]] Simonds D'Ewes - Johannes Smetius - 1647-03-25# QUERYcf300b391dc8dacba5880af8686e0205