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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1834978, member: 5682&quot;]In an upcoming auction at Heritage auctions, there is coming up for sale an &quot;Intact Roman Provincial Hoard.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;m not going to comment on the large reserve ($25,000) plus buyer&#039;s premium. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]303847[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]303848[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]303849[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is a really interesting item up for auction. I have regrets, however, that this small hoard probably isn&#039;t going to be examined carefully and won&#039;t be thoroughly and meticulously documented. We have learned a lot from close study of numerous hoards in the past, for example.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Frome hoard has been discussed on this and other forums extensively in the past.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frome_Hoard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frome_Hoard" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frome_Hoard</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We&#039;ve already lost a lot of information since this hoard is no longer in situ (in its original place and postion).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Let&#039;s hope that this small but intact hoard, if broken up and separated, will undergo a vigorous study and documentation. Thoughts?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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