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is the modern pedigree/provenance of value because you don't want to buy stolen coins? or is it faked coins? or something else? I favor provenance, but my prim
by fsckboy 3y ago
is the modern pedigree/provenance of value because you don't want to buy stolen coins? or is it faked coins? or something else?
I favor provenance, but my primary interest is ancient provenance.
Authenticity of course, but I find coinage of obscure satraps with brief reigns interesting just because they nail down a small geography and time period, as opposed to say an Alexander the Great coin which, who knows, there were a ton of them everywhere.
- AlotOfReading 3y agoI don't personally collect, but as a (former?) archaeologist I have both some familiarity with the subject and a pretty strong distaste for looting. Provenance is just plain necessary for any sort of good academic work on historical artifacts. Only time I've directly purchased coinage was for the purposes of melting down into a ring for my now-wife, and that had provenance paperwork just to ensure I wasn't enriching modern looters.