]> 2026-05-30T01:50:50+00:00 William Sherard - Thomas Owen - 1710-09-14 0 en 38.423744444444,27.142802777778 1710-09-14Z 2345880.5 'I am sorry to see by yours of 5^th past, y^r former giving me an acc^t of a parcell of medalls, miscarried. Had it come to hand, I might have had time by a speedy answer, to have had some further acct of them, than what y^r last gives me; I thank you, however for that. Gold medals are not consistent wth y^e convenience of every philosopher. Tis difficult as well as expensive to make a Parcel of them, & one in silver is all-together as instructive. Tis a known rule to buy none in Gold (y^t are to be found in silver) unless they have two or more heads. Another consideration offers also in this country, y^t y^e metall is 25 to 80 p’ Cent dearer than in England. I suppose by Drams you mean Turkish, nine of w^ch go to an ounce. I don’t remember to have seen an imperial medal of y^e weight of Faustina’s, (I have 3 of kings, somewt heavier). However whether it be y^e Senior or Junior, they are both co’mon in gold, & not above 5 or six y^t are rare, whereof y^e cheif PVELLAE FAVSTINIANAE in y^e revers. As to y^e others I can \make/ no judgment of them more than their weight. I guess they must reckon y^e 13 gold at 130 dollars, y^e 37 silver at 40, & y^e 49 brass at 30 more to make 200. Amongst y^e silver considering their weight most of them ought to be medaillons, w^ch if of Emperors or kings (baring ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ & ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ) or Town pieces, they may be worth more than I reckon them at. As to y^e Brass I can say no thing; if you mean by y^e 12 of y^e largest sort, ''maximi moduli'' or medaillons, they are worth much more than what I put down; but, if as I suppose you mean ''primae magntitudinis'' only; if they be Latine they are as comon as y^e lesser sizes, if Greek not. Y^e 2 you write are rarities (if not counterfeat) may very much reduce the prizes of all y^e rest. You see S^r tis impossible to for me to make any true judgm^t or even probably guess of their value. Wherefore I leave it intirely to y^rself, & shall be satisfied w^th what you shall please to do, either in buying them or not. The more Greek there are amongst them, y^e more valuable they will be to me; of if by chance there be any w^th Punick characters (as there were 2 silver in y^e last you sent me) I shall esteam them y^e more. I wish there were none gold among them (or y^t y^e others coud be bought wthout them) for he y^t buys gold medalls, tis ten to one, he buys Gold too dear.' (Royal Society, MS 256/627; Burnett 2020b, pp. 612-13) 15946 MS 256/627 English Burnett 2020b, pp. 612-13, 618 gold silver roman roman imperial faustina coin price price bronze medallions roman provincial greek colony punic 15946 William Sherard - Thomas Owen - 1710-09-14 Smyrna Correspondence.png 2023-11-07T16:54:10Z 2460256.2042824 2023-11-15T16:41:04Z 2460264.1951852 false William Sherard - Thomas Owen - 1710-09-14 0 0 plainlist leaflet 1 [[:William Sherard - Thomas Owen - 1710-09-14]] William Sherard - Thomas Owen - 1710-09-14# QUERY4262b278b15fb1eedcca655234848d48 0 0 csv 1 [[:William Sherard - Thomas Owen - 1710-09-14]] William Sherard - Thomas Owen - 1710-09-14# QUERY75faf6d98de221ef11011f0f6d03a42e