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-Paris, BnF, Fr 22880, Président Jean Bouhier de Savigny (1673-1746), Recueil de mémoires archéologiques formé par le président Bouhier : in « Miscellanea variorum eruditorum », « XXII. Numus Gyrtones urbis Thessalicae illustratus. Auctore eodem T. S. Bayero [en dessous] Ex iisdem Commentariis, Tom. 2. Pag. 459 [459-469, même planche que supra], f. 113 r- 116 v. M. oct. 1727. +
'Dear Sir,<br>
I send you a description of such coins in my collection as were found in the parish of Elme, (Insul. Eliens.) I cannot exactly recollect the year, nor is it very material. I have now before me about thirty of the Denarii found the last year near March, an account of which (if it will be of any service) you may command from your affectionate humble servant,<br>
Beaupre Bell.<br>
[There follows a list, in Latin, of 26 coins from Gallienus to Gratian found at Elme: 8 Gallienus, 1 Salonina, 2 Victorinus, 6 Claudius II, 3 Tetricus I, 5 Tetricus II, 1 Diocletian, 1 Constantine, 1 Valentinian I, 1 Gratian]'
(Nichols 1781-1790, pp. 465-9; Burnett 2020b, p. 391 n. 85) +
'I have been told your neighbour Mr Martyn has a good collection of Roman coins; if he has, pray examine if the reverse of any of them have not yet been published, and particularly whether he has any of Carausius with uncommon types, or indeed of any other tyrant whose history is little known. I have lately engraved two very singular coins from Mr. Gale's cabinet'
(Nichols 1781-1790, pp. 471-2; Burnett 2020b, p. 1286 n. 1092) +
'I am extremely obliged to you for your kind assistance in procuring me leave to engrave some medals from Dr. Mead’s collections; but Mr. Vertue, having more business than he can dispatch already upon his hands, and being unacquainted with the abbreviations, &c. found on coins, does not care to engage in a work where he may probably err, though I purposed a greater price than other engravers demand. I must therefore renew my request, and humbly beg the favour of you to indulge the same liberty to Mr. Kirkall, an honest plain man that I have been long acquainted with, and whom I have directed to wait on you. Dr. Mead, I think, has not a Didia Clara; so that if you can procure him liberty to draw one from any other cabinet, it will increase the obligation. ... P. S. The heads I defire to have engraved are of Helvius Pertinax, Didius Julian, Manila Scantilla, and Didia Clara. I have got a Titiana done at Oxford.' (Nichols 1781-1790, p. 490; Burnett 2020b, p. 1133 n. 158) +
'I have not Tast to admire such rude performances as most of our English coins, especially the most Ancient, are; which give Light to no History, & are only standing proofs of the Ignorance and Inartifice of our Ancestors.' (Honeybone - Honeybone 2010, p. 78, no. 187; Burnett 2020b, p. 392) +
'Upon the unexpeded receipt of your letter, I run over what few books my own study affords upon the subject; and must confess that I do not find any reason to retract what I have offered as probable, viz. ''That the Britons had Impress'd Money''. I would not be thought to assert, as you seem to think I do, that all the coins exhibited in Camden are British: I own I am apt to believe, that many of them are assigned to the Britons with more zeal for the honour of our country than truth. I shall instance in the three very coins you mention of princes contemporary with Caesar; which, if really so, will destroy my supposition, ''that Cunobeline was the first Briton who struck a coin in this island.''<br>
The tenth of the first plate is ascribed to Comius king of Arras, a man of much interest and authority in Britain, and therefore sent thither by Caesar to persuade the inhabitants to come into an alliance with the Romans. This is supposed to be of ''Comius'', from the inscription COM. but without good reason, since, as Mr. Walker observes, it is on some coins wrote COMM. Besides, should we allow this to be his, no argument can be brought against what I have proposed, unless it can be made appear that he was king of some part of Britain, which neither Caesar, nor any other else that I know of, says.<br>
The same answer may be given to the fifteenth. The nineteenth is supposed to be of Cassivellaunus ; with how little shew of reason I need not add, since the very ''letters'' of the inscription, and the ''position'' of them is allowed to be uncertain.<br>
These are the only three coins supposed to be of British princes ''before Cunobeline''. Two of them are manifestly not British and it does not appear that the third is of Cassivellaun.<br>
...<br>
The novelty of striking a coin ''at Rome'' with the emperor's head upon it, might, as I observed, be one reason among others for Cunobeline's imitation. When you call it a ''fashion young in the world'' your pen flipp'd: it is certain that the Greeks placed the heads of their princes on coins, even before the foundation of Rome.'
(Nichols 1781-1790, pp. 150-4; Burnett 2020b, p. 394)
'What little collection of Antiquities I have lye in my chambers at Cambridge, and I will write to a friend there to search out a medal of Carausius, which is extremely at your service, and with you had pleased to mention some more, that the request might have been of some bulk, as there will be danger of losing so small a piece in the carriage. ... There is no doubt, as you observe, that the Romans inhabited the fenny parts of Cambridgeshire very early; the stupendous banks still remaining shew them to have first undertaken the draining, and their coins frequently found in the Great Level tell us, they remained here at least till Gratian's time; for, besides these found at March, multitudes have been dug up in other places not far distant, as at Elme, part of which fell into my hands, of which I enclose a catalogue; and at Welney, whence I had most of my Carausius's, particularly that which you are so kind as to accept. Many other monuments also of them have been discovered, as an altar at Elme 21 inches high, but no ways remarkable, and the pipes of aquaducts at Wisbich and Walpole. The urns which contained the coins at Welney lay within reach of the plow-share, and demonstrate that the surface of the country in those parts, which have not been subject to overflowing, remains in the same state it was 1500 years ago, and consequently that the turf or moor does not vegetate.' (Nichols 1781-1790, pp. 169-70; Burnett 2020b, p. 390 n. 83) +
'I shall in a little time convey to you...... From Dr Stukeley’s Paduan of Vespasian ROMA RESVRGES ... A silver coin of Rhescyporis, and several copies from antique gems, which I hope will be acceptable.' (Nichols 1781-1790, p. 302; Burnett 2020b, p. 1675) +
Letter from Beaupré Bell to Roger Gale, 11 December, 1736: B. sends Gale his dissertation upon Gale's coin that combined an obverse of Faustina with a reverse of Trajan. (Nichols 1781-1790, pp. 303-5; Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 3, p. 327; Burnett 2020b, p. 397) +
Lettre du 25 septembre 1732 (sans lieu): He asks P. to see to a foreign letter enclosed in his last frank which he had not put into the G.P.O. for fear of its being made away with for the sake of the money paid along with it. He reminds P. to enquire of Mr. Vertue about the cost for engraving a plate containing the heads from 20 medals for his Caesarian tables. He specifies the details. He also asks P. if Banduri’s coins of the lower empire can be borrowed for copying. He cannot get a reply from Vandenhoeck about the despatch of and bill for his books, and gives P. the detail he wants obtained and the address to which to direct the reply. Has he received his Virgils? (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. letters d. 45, f° 163-164). +
Lettre du 22 mai 1734 (sans lieu): He thanks P. for his two medals from the Marquis Mancini’s collection but he knows them already and has a print of one. He inserts a rough scratching of the celebrated unique bijugate Carausius, and he describes the reverse. It was found some years ago at Lincoln. (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. letters d. 45, f° 167-170). +
Lettre du 17 novembre 1735 (sans lieu): He thanks P. for the catalogue of coins, which had come so unexpectedly. He finds they agree in the suggested alterations of several passages. P. will find he has made great enlargments, and a long digression on sarcastical medals. (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. letters d. 453f° 439-440). +
-Lettre du 12 août 1742 (sans lieu): He sends P. an old English coin with a copy and explanation of the legend. It was found in a stone coffin in his cathedral. He advises P. how to seal a letter, for P. has such a «crambo» way of doubling up and sealing his letters that B. loses «half of what you write in opening it.» He praises the study of ancient medals as an agreeable part of knowledge. Of the books P. had mentioned he thinks the Addison very pretty but drawn up to display his classical learning, and lacking in substance. The other book «La science des Médailles» is an excellent introductory note. He continues on the subject of medals and coins. Folkes is referred to. (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. letters d. 45, f° 139-142). +
'The enclosed Titus, though mach defaced, may not be unacceptable.' (Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 1, p. 275; Burnett 2020b, p. 1675) +
'You did not, I perceive, send the parcel of medals from Dr. Kennedy to Mrs. Wingfield, till after she had conveyed the other I expected to me, so it did not arrive till last week, but was then highly acceptable, having received a letter from the Dr. on that subject not altogether genteel, or even commonly civil. Your own book, which came with them, has given me great pleasure & improvement, & I desire you to accept my best thanks for so agreeable a favor. Gale & Bochart I had read just before, so was the more surprized to find the number of particulars in your piece equally curious & new. Every one in these parts applauds it, & wishes to see it continued. I have looked over what coins I have, but find only one that can possibly be of use in a scheme of this nature; 'tis a small one of Constanine Max: with the monogram on a Labarum, which I have enclosed & request you to accept. The truth of this appearance to Constantine is generally doubted; but this coin shows that he actually did favor the Christians, either out of policy or conviction. Fabricius, in his Bibliotheca Graeca, has a curious disseration to show that the cross which appeared was a natural phaenomenon in a solar halo, which, if you have it not already, may at any time command' (Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 1, p. 461; Burnett 2020b, p. 400 (corr.)) +
-Paris, BnF, Fr 22880, Président Jean Bouhier de Savigny (1673-1746), Recueil de mémoires archéologiques formé par le président Bouhier : in « Miscellanea variorum eruditorum », « XXXVIII. Lettre écrite d'Orléans le 7e. mars 1736 par Mr. Beauvais l'Aîné, sur la préférence de l'autorité des médailles à celle des historiens. Tirée du Mercure de France mai 1736. pag. 887 » [887-898], f° 170r-171r. +
-Paris, BnF, Fr 22880, Président Jean Bouhier de Savigny (1673-1746), Recueil de mémoires archéologiques formé par le président Bouhier : in « Miscellanea variorum eruditorum », « XXXIX. Explication du revers d'une médaille de grand bronze de l'empereur Commode du cabinet de Mr. l'abbé Roman de Rives de Lyon par M. Beauvais l'Aîné d'Orléans. Tirée du Mercure de France, juin 1736. p. 1116 » [1116-1121], ff° 171r-172r. +
-Paris, BnF, Fr 22880, Président Jean Bouhier de Savigny (1673-1746), Recueil de mémoires archéologiques formé par le président Bouhier : in « Miscellanea variorum eruditorum », « XL. Discours de M. Henrion sur Magnia Urbica » ff° 172r-173 v. Autre ajout plus bas : « M. Beauvais, De la manière de discerner les médailles, [un mot abrégé] p. 13 dit que la fameuse médaille d'argent fin de Magnia Urbica, du cabinet de l'abbé Le Roi, qui en a imposé à nombre de curieux, et que le père Banduri lui-même qui la trouvée comme une pièce unique, a été reconnue comme une médaille moulée, et réparée avec beaucoup d'art, et fausse.
Remarques : L'autre note de Bouhier cite presque littéralement le livre de Guillaume Beauvais (voir ci-dessus pour le personnage), La Manière de discerner les médailles antiques de celles qui sont contrefaites, Paris, 1739 (réédité et augmenté, à Dresde, en 1794 et encore en 1885), pp. 13-14. Beauvais fait allusion au recueil numismatique d'Anselmo Banduri (Dubrovnik [Raguse], 1671-Paris, 1743), Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum a Trajano Decio ad Palaologos Augustos, Paris, 1718, p. 511 (Le Roy). Au moment où Beauvais écrit Le Roi (ou Le Roy) est décédé. +
-Paris, BnF., Méd., 2 AMC 67: Acquisition des médailles du marquis de Beauvau.1. «Copie de la lettre écrite à monseigneur le comte d’Argenson, par M. de Boze, le 25 février 1750» ; 2. Modèle de l’ordonnance de paiement, rédigé par de Boze, s.d ; 3. Minute de la lettre de Gros de Boze au comte d’Argenson annonçant la conclusion du marché, 12 mai 1750 ; 4. Minute de la lettre de Gros de Boze à Marie, premier commis du bureau de la guerre, 2 juillet 1750. (voir Sarmant 1994, p. 117-118). +
Begon, Michel - Extrait des Inventaires du Cabinet de Monsieur Bégon, Intendant de la Marine et de la Généralité de La Rochelle - 1710 +
-Coll. Frédéric Reiset, Extrait des Inventaires du Cabinet de Monsieur Bégon, Intendant de la Marine et de la Généralité de La Rochelle. « Une suite de médailles impériales de grand bronze de 780 latines et grecques très bien conservées ; Une autre suite de moyen bronze de 836 ; cc Autre de 518 petit bronze ; Autre de 710 d'argent ; Un petit coffre dans lequel il y a une suite de 103 médailles impériales d'or ; 160 médailles consulaires d'argent ; 40 médaillons grecs d'argent ; 10 médailles grecques d'or des Rois et Colonies ; 115 médailles de bronze, idem 56 d'argent, idem ; 4 médailles hebraïques ; 20 médailles gothiques d'or et d'argent ; 2 médailles puniques ; Quelques talismans ; 25 bas reliefs de bronze ; cc 74 médailles des papes depuis Martin V jusques à Innocent XII de bronze et d'argent ; 11 médailles de Cardinaux, archevêques, evêques et autres ecclésiastiques, d'argent et de bronze ; 43 médailles des Rois, Reines et autres personnes illustres de France; d'or, d'argent et de bronre ; 100 médailles des Empereurs, Rois, Princes, Princesses et gens illustres de l'Europe; d'argent et de bronze ; 110 monnoyes d'or de toutes sortes ; cc 225 monnoyes d'argent, Plusieurs monnoyes de cuivre ; 1050 jettons d'argent ; cc 480 jettons de cuivre ; 260 pierres antiques et modernes, gravées en creux et en relief » (Duplessis 1874, p. 8-9). +
