Metropolitan Museum of Art Roman-Greek gallery

Update: An excellent read on the chariot in this photo.

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection...=on&ao=on&ft=*&deptids=13&what=Bronze&pos=333



And for more on the helmet

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection...=on&ao=on&ft=*&deptids=13&what=Bronze&pos=348

 

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o i saw this picture online, probably back of the coin necklace thingy

 

As a matter of fact I will not go to Italy or own an Italian car. That includes a Chrysler. I have no problems with museums that display their items but most have ten times as much in the back room and only some will allow the rest of us to see them. In the 'old days' I got to see the Smithsonian back stock and talk to Mrs. Clain-Steffanelli. Even then no one could tell me what reverse was on the Septimius aureus on display. It had been glued to the board longer than anyone there had worked there. When the Smithsonian sent most of their coins away (ANS?) I wonder if they took it off the board it was glued to so long ago.

I do like museums but am not impressed by the million dollar items as much as I am by how they display the rest of the material. The good thing about the expensive stuff is that it is well documented in their literature and online. The question separating a good museum is how they make the rest of their 'junk' available for those who want to see a thousand $1000 items rather than one million dollar headliner.

 

Compare:
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search?ft=denarius

http://numismatics.org/crro/results?q=fulltext:denarius

As a collector of Septimius Severus I should be impressed that half of the Met photos show one of his coins?

 

wow they have all the legions