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Numismatics

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Catalogue of Roman coins, Undated

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Ff.02.05
Scope and Contents

A descriptive catalogue of coins of the Roman empire.

Dates: Undated
Conditions Governing Access: From the Collection: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Series

"Sur la Cubature du Coin Spherique" par M. de Lagny, c 1722

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3971.3: 67-76
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Transcripts of mathematical and astronomical letters and papers, apparently made for the use of Isaac Newton, in various hands. Included are copies of works by R.F. Slusius, Antonio Monforte, Jacques Ozanam, G.W. Leibnitz, E.W. von Tschirnhaus, Henry Oldenburg, T.F. de Lagny, G.D. Cassini, John Craig and S. Morland.

Dates: c 1722
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
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Treatise on coins, Mid sixteenth century

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Ff.02.22
Scope and Contents

A treatise on the coins of England and Ireland, and of foreign states, that are current in England, with coloured drawings of them. It was written after the year 1526, as appears from a reference to that year on f. 17, and contains a petition to the king to be allowed to coin in Ireland, and the other isles out of England, in gold and silver, and offers an annual payment of 8,000 francs for the permission. It also recommends a lowering of the standard.

Dates: Mid sixteenth century
Conditions Governing Access: From the Collection: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).