William Camden - Abraham Ortelius - 1578-10-24
William Camden, Westminster
William Camden - Abraham Ortelius - 1578-10-24
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 15225 |
| InstitutionName of Institution. | New York, The Morgan Library and Museum |
| InventoryInventory number. | LHMS, Misc English |
| AuthorAuthor of the document. | William Camden |
| RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. | Abraham Ortelius |
| Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . | October 24, 1578 JL |
| PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. | Westminster 51° 30' 1.60" N, 0° 7' 35.54" W |
| Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. | |
| LiteratureReference to literature. | Hessels 1887, pp. 181-3, no. 78Hessels 1887, Burnett 2020b, pp. 128, 116, 122, 159 n. 65Burnett 2020b |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Local Finds , Bronze , Constantinople , Roma , Roman Imperial , Roman |
| LanguageLanguage of the correspondence | Latin |
| External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ | https://tinyurl.com/ybt5mjch |
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".
'Incidi vero in magnam vim nummorum antiquorum, Et en duos tibi mitto non aureos, sed aereos, qui et rarioris et melioris notae mihi videbantur. Alter Constantinopolis, alter Romae prae se fert imaginem; non qualem tu nobis ex nummis Consularibus exhibuisti, nam posteriorum hos crediderim Impp.' (Hessels 1887, pp. 181-3, no. 78)
['I encountered a large quantity of ancient coins, and I send you two of them, not of gold, but of brass, which seem to me more rare and more worthy of attention. One bears the image of Constantinople, the other that of Roma: not the same as on the Republican coins you have shown me, since I would believe that these are of later emperors.' (translation from Burnett 2020b, p. 128)]