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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7651996, member: 110350&quot;]You&#039;re ignoring the fact that a dealer&#039;s location in Eastern Europe -- in this case, first in Estonia, then in Serbia -- justifiably means that there are two strikes against them in terms of inspiring trust and confidence among ancient coin collectors.&nbsp; And I don&#039;t think that&#039;s unfair, given that out of the thousands of fake ancient coins for sale on ebay, 90% appear to be offered by sellers in Eastern Europe, particularly Serbia, Bulgaria, etc. In this case, the assumptions of dishonesty have been shown to be incorrect, given the confirmed provenances. But that doesn&#039;t mean it was wrong for people to be suspicious in the first place. If the same dealer were located in the UK or France or Spain or Germany or the Low Countries -- by which I mean, actually located there, as opposed to pretending to be in Western Europe but sending their coins from Eastern Europe -- and were offering the identical coins, I doubt anyone would have questioned them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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