William Nicolson - Edward Lhuyd - 1694-02-16
William Nicolson
William Nicolson - Edward Lhuyd - 1694-02-16
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 14545 |
| InstitutionName of Institution. | Oxford, Bodleian Library |
| InventoryInventory number. | MS Ashmole 1816, f.468 |
| AuthorAuthor of the document. | William Nicolson |
| RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. | Edward Lhuyd |
| Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . | February 16, 1694 |
| PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. | |
| Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. | William Camden |
| LiteratureReference to literature. | Camden 1586Camden 1586, Burnett 2020b, p. 1553Burnett 2020b |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Wales , Antiquaries , Purpose Of Coinage, British Coins , Celtic , Roman |
| LanguageLanguage of the correspondence | English |
| External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ | https://tinyurl.com/y7hajkb3 |
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'I do not find that (among the several Inscriptions you there mett with) you took any from old Coins. Mr Camden (or whoever wrote ye Remains) saies the antient Brittains us’d no such thing as coin’d money; none of ye Welsh Antiquaries haveing hitherto been able to discover such pieces, either in Wales or any where else. And yet, you know, this same Camden (if, I say, he be the same) gives us ye draughts of a deal of Brittish coins at the beginning of his Britannia. What to say to this I know not: unless it be that we are to look upon these coins as minted occasionally (like ye Danegeld and Peterpence afterwards) for ye payment of Tribute onley; and that they were afterwards disus’d as soon as the Reasons for minting them were ceas’d. I want your information in this particular.' (Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 1816, f.468; Burnett 2020b, p. 1553)
