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Collectors of Ancient Roman Coins
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Aitor wrote:-
Quote:...the archaeological context would be lost forever due to the lack of a proper archaeological recovery method and, believe me, contexts write History, not items

...I took that as a "given", Aitor, since it has been pointed out before, but perhaps the reminder is good.....
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)

"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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Collectors of Ancient Roman Coins - by apierucci - 01-26-2008, 09:30 PM
Re: Collectors of Ancient Roman Coins - by DanM - 03-28-2008, 10:38 PM
Collecting Ancient Coins - by Paullus Scipio - 05-12-2008, 10:26 PM
Looting of artifacts - by Paullus Scipio - 05-13-2008, 07:20 AM
Re: Collectors of Ancient Roman Coins - by Komet - 03-05-2009, 04:54 AM

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