Actually it is a very interesting perspective on 'provenance', and how much guarantee it gives you. Recently I visited a museum in Germany...
Please note that unauthorised metal detecting is illegal in Germany. You need a permission from the local authorities. Which is almost impossible...
As soon as it is about architecture I hope these two temples from Paestum will not be off-topic ( Athena and Poseidon temples, my photos)[ATTACH]...
Athena temple
Poseidon temple
Roman Collector, you are risking an outburst of jelousy and rage from Vulcan! Venus is his wife! And you coupled her with Mars!
Very interesting and contradicting observation, which inevitably leads to my, Petavius, treatise "Opus de doctrina temporum" published in 1672....
[ATTACH] Mirrored PR (Populus Romanus), civil war c/m (68-69 AD according to my and J.Scaliger chronology) on a Lugdunum mint Nero As/Dup.
This very interesting Hadrian aureus was not sold (lot 970, 4000CHF). Previously on 7 Dec. 2016 it was also not sold at the LAC auction 58...
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