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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8300667, member: 110350&quot;]The way I read the regulation, such a coin (even if it were, hypothetically, a pre-211 BC Roman coin) was quite literally &quot;outside of Italy&quot; prior to 2011, so it shouldn&#039;t really matter whether it&#039;s back in Italy now or when it was struck. How U.S. Customs would act in the situation, I have no idea. </p><p><br /></p><p>And, of course, people should keep in mind that if they are buying from an Italian dealer, then long before the coin reaches the point of U.S. Customs and U.S. law is considered, the coin has to get an export permit from Italy, applying Italian law and regulations -- which are, apparently, notoriously difficult to satisfy as a practical matter, regardless of whether the letter of the Italian law might support the granting of an export permit. Which is why I&#039;ve never even attempted to buy an ancient coin from a dealer in Italy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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