William Sherard - unknown recipient - 1715-09-15

William Sherard

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	15826
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, Royal Society
InventoryInventory number.	MS 256/742
AuthorAuthor of the document.	William Sherard
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	September 15, 1715
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature.	Burnett 2020b, p. 570 n. 261
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Syria
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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'Syria is y^e most fertile place of them [coins], of any I know.' (London, Royal Society, MS 256/742; Burnett 2020b, p. 570 n. 26)

Recipient is an unknown British consul in Acre (en)

References

^ 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.