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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hoth2, post: 2556480, member: 74431&quot;]I thought it was interesting that the writer of the article chose to quote,</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The coin is exceptional,&quot; said Gibson, &quot;because this is the first time that a coin of this kind has turned up in Jerusalem in a scientific dig. <b>Coins of this type are usually only found in private collections, where we don&#039;t have clear evidence as to place of origin</b>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The part I bolded seems to be less about the coin and more about the collectors-vs-archaeologists vibe that&#039;s been percolating lately, and that doesn&#039;t get referenced at all for the rest of the article.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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