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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NewStyleKing, post: 4558102, member: 106483&quot;]Where do ancient coins come from? LRB&#039;s and other small bronzes etc are often metal detected individually around ancient sites, whilst silver/and gold are often found in pot hoards during construction work.</p><p>If hoards end up in a museum that is often where they lie waiting for the next millennia or two as the personal property of the curators.</p><p>That is the situation of the Poggio Pincenze IGCH 2056 hoard. I was notified this was at sometime lotted out access-wise to a scholar.How long does it take to photograph the coins? Many of the tetradrachms have been or can be readily identified,the hemi-obols have been waiting for decades and a couple of the Achean league experts have translated to the other side since then.</p><p>I await the publication with baited breath or my terminal breath which might be the sooner.</p><p>Without the dark side of coin collecting there would be little or no progress, but collectors can be equally to blame where rare important finds languish as trophies in private collections and the owners are not interested in any research at all. I wonder where all the very interesting New Styles I cannot buy dissapear to? I very rarely see them ever again, luckily I can download images easily, but why did they buy them? Ownership not scholarship should be their motto.</p><p>Rant, rant.....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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