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A Silver Service and a Gold Coin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2017

Justin St P. Walsh
Justin St P. Walsh*
Affiliation:
Chapman University, Orange, CA; Email: jstpwalsh@chapman.edu
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Abstract:

The published history of a set of silver and gold objects acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1975 contains an unusual reference to a gold coin, supposedly found with the set but not purchased by the museum. The coin, which is both rare and well dated, ostensibly offers a date and location for the ancient deposition of the silver service. Almost five years of research into the stories of the Getty objects and the coin has revealed important information about these particular items, but it also offers a cautionary example for scholars who might hope to reconstruct the find-spot of antiquities that are likely to have been looted.

Keywords

Roman silverRoman coinJ. Paul Getty Museumillicit antiquitiesunprovenanced antiquities
Type
Research Article
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International Journal of Cultural Property , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , August 2017 , pp. 253 - 294
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Copyright © International Cultural Property Society 2017 

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