Lord Renfrew, a vocal critic of the antiquities trade, has
graciously allowed his collection of Etruscan coins to be published in Italo
Vecchi’s impressive new corpus. The work publishes thousands of specimens
from private and public collections and includes many coins that cannot be
traced back to the 1970 date favored by archaeologists and some museums.
In supporting this endeavor, Lord Renfrew has demonstrated a
commitment to scholarship shared by many
collectors and, indeed, professional numismatists like Italo Vecchi.
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