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<p>[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 7873153, member: 75143"]Thinking more about it, presenting the holed coins from the same hoard in a museum setting (perhaps even reconstructing the necklace or belt they were originally on) would be truly captivating.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the Getty Villa there is an amazing belt of 23 late empire <i>solidi</i> still in their original belt settings. This presentation is infinitely more interesting than simple bare solidi. I shudder to think of the possibility that antique jewelry like this was torn apart and sold by-the-coin. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/10437/unknown-maker-belt-with-central-medallion-roman-about-ad-379-395/?dz=0.8481,0.5604,3.29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/10437/unknown-maker-belt-with-central-medallion-roman-about-ad-379-395/?dz=0.8481,0.5604,3.29" rel="nofollow">https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/10437/unknown-maker-belt-with-central-medallion-roman-about-ad-379-395/?dz=0.8481,0.5604,3.29</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356700[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This belt has, clockwise from top center:</p><p>Valens, Valentinian I, Theodosius I, Valentinian I, Julian II (bearded), Valentinian I, Valens, Valens, Valentinian I, Valentinian I, Valentinian I, Valens, GLASS MEDALLION, Julian II (very bearded), Valens, Valens, Valens, Valentinian I, Valens (unusual left-facing portrait), Valens, Valens, Valentinian I, Constans (unusual long legend), Valentinian I.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem with looting and tomb robbers is that they never care about archaeological context. If some looter in Eastern Europe or wherever dug out this belt, they would almost certainly pop the coins out of the settings, melt the gold, and sell the medallion separately.</p><p><br /></p><p>IDK why I'm on this rant. Perhaps its because I would prefer those holed coins to be presented in their original context instead of being squirreled away in some private collection to be sold for a profit in a few years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 7873153, member: 75143"]Thinking more about it, presenting the holed coins from the same hoard in a museum setting (perhaps even reconstructing the necklace or belt they were originally on) would be truly captivating. At the Getty Villa there is an amazing belt of 23 late empire [I]solidi[/I] still in their original belt settings. This presentation is infinitely more interesting than simple bare solidi. I shudder to think of the possibility that antique jewelry like this was torn apart and sold by-the-coin. [URL]https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/10437/unknown-maker-belt-with-central-medallion-roman-about-ad-379-395/?dz=0.8481,0.5604,3.29[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1356700[/ATTACH] This belt has, clockwise from top center: Valens, Valentinian I, Theodosius I, Valentinian I, Julian II (bearded), Valentinian I, Valens, Valens, Valentinian I, Valentinian I, Valentinian I, Valens, GLASS MEDALLION, Julian II (very bearded), Valens, Valens, Valens, Valentinian I, Valens (unusual left-facing portrait), Valens, Valens, Valentinian I, Constans (unusual long legend), Valentinian I. The problem with looting and tomb robbers is that they never care about archaeological context. If some looter in Eastern Europe or wherever dug out this belt, they would almost certainly pop the coins out of the settings, melt the gold, and sell the medallion separately. IDK why I'm on this rant. Perhaps its because I would prefer those holed coins to be presented in their original context instead of being squirreled away in some private collection to be sold for a profit in a few years.[/QUOTE]
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