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RefNoL&P/4/393
LevelItem
TitleLetter, 'Of a Parthian coin' from John Swinton to James Douglas
Date25 April 1767
DescriptionSubject: Antiquities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An attempt to interpret the legend and inscription of a very curious Phœnician medal, never hitherto explained. In a letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Morton, President of the Royal Society, from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Member of the Academy degli Apatisti at Florence, and of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona in Tuscany.'

Read 21 May 1767
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1767.0030
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7226Swinton; John (1703 - 1777)1703 - 1777
NA7826Douglas; James (1702 - 1768); 14th Earl of Morton1702 - 1768
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