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.