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Message:: [QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 8421422, member: 86498"]I need to answer a couple of questions To answer [USER=116907]@Mammothtooth[/USER] No the crossed legged variety on the silver coinage is usually associated with posthumous issues. There is only one mint that of Sidon that uses the crossed legged variety while Alexander is alive and that starts in 325 BC. The type does not appear to spread too quickly. Tyre does not seem to adopt it until 320 BC and the Ptolemies until 322 BC. The type did not spread into Macedon until the time of Kassander. To answer [USER=128351]@GinoLR[/USER] Under normal circumstances I might be in agreement. The illegal looting of cultural artifacts is very bad and should be stopped. However in this case none of that appears to be the case. I was told that the coin in question that was being stopped was north of 100,000 Euros. There is only one coin that fits that description. It is a tetradrachm from Kingdom of Pontus It was previously auctioned in 1974 It was featured in a book in 1964. Prior to 1974 it was owned by a citizen of France one Charles Gillet. I cannot see how this coin fits any of the criterion cited above. Now I could be wrong and if so I do apologize.  However otherwise I will stand by my comment.[/QUOTE]