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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3540869, member: 88829&quot;]I agree with much of this, particularly the hoopla over &quot;repatriation.&quot;&nbsp; However, as was pointed out earlier in the thread, the value question comes into play in trying to determine if the coins may have been illegally smuggled.&nbsp; Flags go up whenever antiquities sell for very low prices; on the assumption that dark forces might be trying to fly under the radar.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I am persuaded that the real driver here is to be laid at the doorstep of archaeologists worldwide who via with one another for digging rights and would like nothing better than to narrow the playing field by outlawing the private ownership of antiquities.&nbsp; That, of course, is the end goal.&nbsp; Toward that ultimate end, and in concert with the political structures that must grant permission to dig, they have promoted a perception of &quot;national emergency&quot; in the preservation of ancient history.&nbsp; That real threats sometimes intersect with this agenda merely serves to reinforce the image for the disinterested masses.&nbsp; So it is unrelenting and unremitting.&nbsp; They will not stop until the culture change they need is achieved.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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