Open Lecture:2018 Trendall Lecture - A Fabulous Archaic hoard of Greek Silver found in Italy or Fake News? The Mystery of the 1911 Taranto Hoard solved

Location: THE HELLENIC MUSEUM - 280 William St, Melbourne 3000
Date: TUESDAY 13/11/2018 @ 8pm
Presenter: Kenneth A. Sheedy, Associate Professor, Director, Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies, Macquarie University

Language of Presentation: English | R.M.L.G.*: 0 - No knowledge of Greek required.
Entry: FREE but bookings are essential

Synopsis

On the 22 of June 1911, a mass of silver coins, jewellery, silver ingots and miscellaneous silver items was found in a broken vase in the district of Nuovo Borgo in the Italian city of Taranto. It was quickly smuggled out of the country. Or so the story went. In 1927 the famous Italian archaeologist Paolo Orsi claimed that this was in fact no hoard but a concoction of false information put about by dealers- and his conclusion was supported by a Royal Inquest. But over a century later the truth is now coming to light.

Bio

Associate Professor Kenneth Sheedy was appointed the founding director of the Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies in 2000. He is also a member of the teaching staff of the Department of Ancient History and a member of the Ancient Cultures Research Centre. His fields of research and teaching are Greek numismatics, and the art and archaeology of Greece with emphasis on the archaic period. He has a special interest in the archaeology and history of the Cycladic Islands. He is currently preparing a new publication of the Taranto Hoard which will introduce previously unrecorded material.

Drinks and canapés will follow the lecture

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