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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 7750455, member: 110226&quot;]The coin finally arrived on Friday, after spending some time in Washington, DC.&nbsp; The packaging was clearly opened and then resealed with tape and staples.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am relieved that this episode is over, and I would like to especially thank Peter Tompa for his advice and support and Salem Alshdaifat of Athena Coins, Canada.&nbsp; Without their advice and support, the outcome might have been very different indeed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dealing with bureaucracy is not my idea of having a good time, especially with such an opaque process, complicated by a wrong phone number in the letter of detention.&nbsp; It was frustrating, as you might have seen in my previous posts.&nbsp; I was able to track down the correct number - that&#039;s how I found out that the coin was being examined, I suppose, in Washington, DC.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin itself is not a great rarity, nor is it very high grade, with some signs of minor corrosion.&nbsp; But, these are not factors that come into play with CBP.&nbsp; What was important to them is that it is from a country whose coins and artifacts are under an emergency import restriction.&nbsp; I am not tempting Fate again, so no more coins from that region, period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, here&#039;s the little darling. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am glad that it did not end up in the hands of the Houthis or the government, backed by MBS, the two sides carrying on this tragic civil war, whose primary victims have been and continue to be the innocent men, women and children of Yemen.</p><p><br /></p><p>South Arabia. Kings of Qataban. ca. 4th to 3rd century BC. Silver tetradrachm</p><p><br /></p><p>16.9 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327006[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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