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<p>[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 7787431, member: 115909"]That is so dumb. I think the “cultural heritage” of a coin should belong to the country in which it was found.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s like if a Persian gold daric was found in Greece and Iran claimed it as cultural heritage. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>& apparently they did indeed circulate widely in Greece based on the fact that <b>tens of thousands </b>of gold darics were used to bribe Athens, Corinth, Thebes and Argos to go to war with Sparta.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although I must admit I don’t know if they circulated as gold Persian darics per se or if they were melted down and </p><p>re-minted into gold Greek staters.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336710[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 7787431, member: 115909"]That is so dumb. I think the “cultural heritage” of a coin should belong to the country in which it was found. It’s like if a Persian gold daric was found in Greece and Iran claimed it as cultural heritage. o_O & apparently they did indeed circulate widely in Greece based on the fact that [B]tens of thousands [/B]of gold darics were used to bribe Athens, Corinth, Thebes and Argos to go to war with Sparta. Although I must admit I don’t know if they circulated as gold Persian darics per se or if they were melted down and re-minted into gold Greek staters. [ATTACH=full]1336710[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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