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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 3181045, member: 84179&quot;]Unfortunately, there has been a trend in the archeology community that ALL artifacts should be kept in the hands of trained professionals to discourage looting and damage to archeological sites. While I cannot say how pervasive this idea is, one can find blogs on the subject and I recall that a few years ago, some archeological publications refused to publish papers that referenced coins without documented context (i.e., found by an archeologist).&nbsp; If you feel strongly about this, then I suggest looking at the Ancient Coin Colletors Guild site <a href="http://www.accg.us/home.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.accg.us/home.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.accg.us/home.aspx</a> as well as researching other sources both within the numismatic and archeological communities.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well said.&nbsp; IMO, some archeologists would rather see these artifacts deteriorate than trust them to the great unwashed masses of history loving individuals. Apparently, if you don&#039;t have that piece of paper allowing you to put Dr. in front of your name, then you aren&#039;t capable of doing research on these objects.&nbsp; Once again, just my opinion </p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s wrong with selling some of numerous 4th Century AE coinage and other minor artifacts to help fund the study and preservation of culturally significant objects?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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