Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-2017

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.

Comments

This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in International Journal of Cultural Property, volume 24, issue 3, in 2017 following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at DOI: 10.1017/S0940739117000169.

Peer Reviewed

1

Copyright

International Cultural Property Society

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