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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 8360177, member: 87200&quot;]I am not exactly sure how he benefited after reading the article. It apparently did not involve any ill-gotten gains. I agree that the Arab spring upheaval possibly made the illegal export of artifacts easier to accomplish. </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as coins go they are generally never seen in Egypt. There are essentially no dealers selling Ptolemaic and Roman era coins and I suppose those found by farmers or villagers are quickly squirreled out of the country to the U.A.E. or other places where they can be laundered.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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