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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8316773, member: 128351&quot;]I suppose this MOU mentions Roman coins because it happens that Roman coins are found in Afghanistan... Sure, the wording of this MOU sounds bizarre and awkward. I think they wanted to say that this protection is not limited to artefacts made on what is today Afghan territory, but encompasses all type of archaeological material likely to be found on Afghan soil. The ultimate goal being the protection of archaeological sites, by making it uncertain and hazardous to export antiquities from Afghanistan... Else the traffickers could hire some good lawyers who could say : &quot;OK for the Bactrian coins, but you cannot forbid importation of coins minted in Sardis (now Turkey) or Rome !&quot; Don&#039;t you think it is what they meant, in their MOU?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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