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Catalogue Entry: MINT01098

The State of the Royall Mint in the Tower when the grand Coynage began. ~1695/6

Author: Hopton Haynes

Metadata: c. 1700, c. 1,928 words

Source: Lansdowne MS 801, ff. 65r-68v, British Library, London, UK

[Normalized Text] [Diplomatic Text]

[1] Rosin Antiq. Rom. lib. 2. x. 4°.

[2] Boizard Traitté des Monnoyes.

[3] Bodin Lib. 6. c. 13.

[Editorial Note 4] IIIVIR or IIIVIR AAAFF: triumvir or triumviri auro argento aere flando feriundo, meaning "three men responsible for casting and striking gold, silver and bronze", an inscription on Roman Republican coins.

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