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<p>[QUOTE="Carausius, post: 2832233, member: 76440"]"The unusual and rare-looking coins will be placed in the Seville Archeological Museum after being examined."</p><p><br /></p><p>Not unusual or rare looking to us! What will the Seville musuem do with this huge amount of likely common coins? They can't possibly display them all, nor are they likely to store them in a way that makes them accessible to all for study. My guess: they'll display one or two amphorae with some coins spilling out - you know, that standard hoard display. The rest will be stored in some dank corner of the museum basement. Will the hoard ever be properly published? A hoard like this should be published in detail, and all but the unique or insanely rare contents should be disbursed in trade. Okay, maybe keep a handful for the "coins spilling out of the amphora" display.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Carausius, post: 2832233, member: 76440"]"The unusual and rare-looking coins will be placed in the Seville Archeological Museum after being examined." Not unusual or rare looking to us! What will the Seville musuem do with this huge amount of likely common coins? They can't possibly display them all, nor are they likely to store them in a way that makes them accessible to all for study. My guess: they'll display one or two amphorae with some coins spilling out - you know, that standard hoard display. The rest will be stored in some dank corner of the museum basement. Will the hoard ever be properly published? A hoard like this should be published in detail, and all but the unique or insanely rare contents should be disbursed in trade. Okay, maybe keep a handful for the "coins spilling out of the amphora" display.[/QUOTE]
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