'Went with Dr Morton & Mr Webb to Mr Adams’s to see a collection of gold coins, Roman and Greek, but principally the former, which belongs to Mr Forbes, a Scotch gentleman, & is now on sale & offered to his Majesty for consideration.' (Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Eng 1191, vol. 2, f.9v; Burnett 2020b, p. 1077)