JGolomb Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 (edited) Odd trinity of numismatic news: 1. Exclusive: Scots metal detector man finds 2000-year-old lost treasure trove worth Edited November 4, 2009 by JGolomb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 (edited) I seem to have overlapped with you on one of the hoard news items but nice pick-up Jason - especially on the Rezhantsi coin hoard article as this seems to be a collection of some importance but only rarely written about. I managed to track down that some details of the hoard contents has been written up as follows. "Gold staters from the Rezhantsi Coin Hoard (IGCH #411), Pernik district, West Bulgaria", - In: Studia Archaeologica 3. /=Festchrift Volume for Professor Dr L. Getov, University of Sofia/, Sofia 2005, Now all I have to do is find time to get into the BM and join the queue to see the other little items [EDIT - the BBC now has a video and some images of the Scottish torcs find at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/taysid...ral/8342501.stm I do wonder about the Daily Record quoting the find as of Gaulish manufacture citing the other similar Torc being found in France. If as is indicated the gold is a mix of Irish and Scottish gold then could it possibly be a case of both being made in Britain and one exported to Gaul rather than a double shipment of gold one way and a Torc then being returned? Possibly full analysis of both gold content and construction/ artistic techniques used on both finds will provide that answer.] Edited November 4, 2009 by Melvadius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGolomb Posted November 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 Cheesy photo of the new hoard's discoverer - and a sampling of said hoard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylla Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 It seems like open season for treasure hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 (edited) It seems like open season for treasure hunting. It may seem like it to some people but as we have previously extensively discussed AND agreed the important thing with finds such as this are that they ARE reported, fully recorded and available as soon as possible for full archaeological and scientific analysis. Schemes such as the PAS ensure that is happening in Britain much more frequently than in other countries without such as scheme. Edited November 4, 2009 by Melvadius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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