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Ussher, James - These Coines I found wth Sr Phil: Morgan att Ruperra (Sept 8 1645) in Glamorgan Shire

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Ussher, James - These Coines I found wth Sr Phil: Morgan att Ruperra (Sept 8 1645) in Glamorgan Shire
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15572
TitleTitel of the book. These Coines I found wth Sr Phil: Morgan att Ruperra (Sept 8 1645) in Glamorgan Shire
InstitutionName of Institution. Oxford, Bodleian Library
InventoryInventory number. Add MS C 299, ff.74r-75r
AuthorAuthor of the document. James Ussher
Publication dateDate when the publication was issued: day - month - year . September 8, 1645
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Philip Morgan
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Local Finds , Wales , Ruperra
LiteratureReference to literature. Burnett 2020b, pp. 470-11
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia 
Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'These two lists are then followed by a third list, more relevant here, of ‘These Coines I found wth Sr Phil: Morgan att Ruperra Sept 8 1645) in Glamorgan Shire’. Ruperra Castle, just to the north-east of Cardiff, had been built by Philip Morgan’s father, and, although I have not found any evidence that Ussher paid a visit, it is not unlikely since we know he was in the vicinity at that date.
Therefore, it seems probable that ‘I’ here is Ussher, and that this is his own little catalogue of the coins he saw there. The list of 16 coins is, however, in a very jumbled order, ranging from Trajan to Decentius (second to fourth century AD), and ending with a papal coin of Paul III and an incomplete entry for a coin of Ethelred. There is an occasional mistake, such as Solonina (sic), but the entries are accompanied by dates and brief historical notes, showing a well-informed historian, and one interested in dates and chronology.' (Burnett 2020b, pp. 470-1)

References

  1. ^  Burnett, Andrew M. (2020), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.