Magical coin
Date
11/21 June 1673
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p3a
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 190mm
width (page): 147mm
width (page): 147mm
Subject
Description
This sheet was included in a letter by Johannes Gezelius the Younger (1647-1718) to Henry Oldenburg dated 11/21 June 1673, at the behest of Julius Reichelt (1637-1719), Professor of Mathematics in Strasbourg. Reichelt sent sheets showing the types of coins he was interested in and requested the Royal Society to send images of similar coins if they had any. This was eventually printed in his Exercitatio de amuletis, aeneis figuris illustrata (Strasbourg, 1676), as plate 1.
Object history
Johannes Gezelius the Younger (1647-1718), a Finnish theologian, acting as intermediary for Julius Reichelt (1637-1719), Professor of Mathematics at Strasbourg.
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