Most, if not all of what the French looted in the late 1790s and early 1800s was given back to the previous owners as soon as 1814. There are...
[ATTACH] Next : purely epigraphic reverse
Here is the law in France :...
[ATTACH] Arcadius, AE3 with mintmark ANT Γ NEXT : another Roman facing bust but not a solidus!
"Killed in 1830" ??? this is highly fictionalized indeed! :D I have seen this movie and, sincerely, I did not like it too much. But it deserves to...
Not an inside job, I don't think so, nothing such was found. The culprits have been identified and none of them had any connexion with the Cabinet...
Precisely because they are rare! Selling them was impossible because collectors would quickly recognize stolen coins from the Cabinet des...
This medallion did not "mysteriously disappear" at all, it was stolen, yes, together with more than 2000 ancient gold coins and other unique...
[ATTACH] ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate bust right TEMPLVM DIVI AVG REST / COS IIII, front-view of the Temple of Divine Augustus, with 8...
I don't know. This anchor countermark on these Side tetradrachms is extremely common, and probably struck at the Side mint. I am sure there is...
[ATTACH] Antoninus Pius, Ephesus : the Temple of Artemis of Ephesus, one of the 7 Wonders of the World ! NEXT : another monument, in Rome or not.
[ATTACH] Side (Pamphylia), AR tetradrachm, late 3rd-2nd c. BC with anchor countermark.
[ATTACH] Roughly the same coin... NEXT : a monument on reverse
OK let's be realistic. All countries have laws about hoards and treasures. In the Muslim world they even have treasure acts since the middle ages,...
"changing national laws to be more like those in England", says UK which, in the same time, more than any other European country, protects looters...
My wife and I alternated, one night it's for me, one night it's for her, one night it's for me, etc... When we heard the poor little baby crying...
[ATTACH] One of my fav coins is this sestertius of a very young Gordian III. The picture was taken with a scanner, it is incredibly more...
[ATTACH] This follis of Constantine was actually circulating in early 20th c. France. Of course it had been buried in the ground for centuries,...
Good luck for you all ! [ATTACH] Here is a funny Gallienus, doesn't he look cute with this little braid?
I do not agree at all with this gentleman. Archaeological importance of coins is not peripheral and in every state of the art publication of an...
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