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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 2348821, member: 75482&quot;]This is probably the reason the MOU was not widened. The coins already covered generally did <i>not</i> circulate outside Italy, as opposed to later republican and imperial coins which did. It is a similar situation with the current Greek MOU. Bronzes and small silver which (theoretically) only circulated locally are covered while large silver pieces such as tetradrachms are not covered because they were in fact trade coins and circulated widely outside of Greece. While I don&#039;t agree with the MOUs or the notion of &quot;cultural property&quot;, I do understand the logic. It isn&#039;t coin collecting <i>per se </i>that the majority of MOU proponents want to end, but the destructiveness of illicit coin and artifact hunters. I have personally known archaeologists who have arrived at sites for a summer excavation season, after months of planning, only to find that the site has been destroyed by &quot;pot hunters&quot; in their absence. Why can&#039;t collectors, governments and academics around the world learn to cooperate as they do today very successfully in Britain?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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