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<p>[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 3161104, member: 42034"]In July or Aug of 2008, I was going to do a presentation on Roman Coinage for the San Antonio Museum of Art which sponsered a "Roman Family Day". They have an extensive collection of Roman Coins as well as statues. Below is a current online pix.</p><p><br /></p><p>The day prior to my presentation I contacted the museum curator to arrange display for the pieces I brought for the talk. She went absolutely bananas that I brought Roman coins of my own and acted like it was some highly illegal activity. She absolutely forbade me from having any single piece occupy museum territory. It didn't matter that the pieces all had provinences dating back to the 1980's such as NFA, CNG, & etc. She was adamant about it. She had someone else do the talk at the last minute but not handling or displaying any coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://coinsandhistory.com/pix_shared/pix_cointalk/athena-sculpture.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 3161104, member: 42034"]In July or Aug of 2008, I was going to do a presentation on Roman Coinage for the San Antonio Museum of Art which sponsered a "Roman Family Day". They have an extensive collection of Roman Coins as well as statues. Below is a current online pix. The day prior to my presentation I contacted the museum curator to arrange display for the pieces I brought for the talk. She went absolutely bananas that I brought Roman coins of my own and acted like it was some highly illegal activity. She absolutely forbade me from having any single piece occupy museum territory. It didn't matter that the pieces all had provinences dating back to the 1980's such as NFA, CNG, & etc. She was adamant about it. She had someone else do the talk at the last minute but not handling or displaying any coins. [IMG]https://coinsandhistory.com/pix_shared/pix_cointalk/athena-sculpture.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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