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<p>[QUOTE="Xavier DDL, post: 4409022, member: 112243"]I do not think this undertone is so unfair. Alexander dekadrachms used to be extremely rare before 2017: only 14 examples were known in the world, 10 of them from two hoards found in or near Babylon, Iraq. In July 2017 the Israeli police seized 4 examples somebody attempted to smuggle out of Gaza: not just one rare and precious coin, but 4 of them! Then, 1 month after this, Roma Numismatics includes 2 more specimens in its sale 14, 2 more in its e-sales 42 and 43, 2 more in its sale 15, another one in its sale 16, etc., etc. From september 2017 to march 2019, this sole auctioneer sold not less than... 11 previously unaccounted Alexander dekadrachms. In the same time, from november 2017 to september 2019 another dealer sold 9 other ones through several auctioneers. In only 2 years, 24 "new" Alexander dekadrachms have surfaced, 4 at the Gaza border, 20 in public auctions. Remember, before 2017 only 14 specimens were known, all of them found in Iraq when their provenance was known . It should really have rang a bell for any honest auctioneer : all these coins suddenly appearing together on the market must come from a newly discovered hoard. From where? Iraq, like all other known hoards that contained similar dekadrachms? Gaza, where 4 specimens have been seized? None of these "new" coins has a pedigree. We all know that several organizations it's useless to name try to sell precious antiquities looted from archaeological sites in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria (why not Gaza?)... Don't you think the suspicion is very legitimate?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Xavier DDL, post: 4409022, member: 112243"]I do not think this undertone is so unfair. Alexander dekadrachms used to be extremely rare before 2017: only 14 examples were known in the world, 10 of them from two hoards found in or near Babylon, Iraq. In July 2017 the Israeli police seized 4 examples somebody attempted to smuggle out of Gaza: not just one rare and precious coin, but 4 of them! Then, 1 month after this, Roma Numismatics includes 2 more specimens in its sale 14, 2 more in its e-sales 42 and 43, 2 more in its sale 15, another one in its sale 16, etc., etc. From september 2017 to march 2019, this sole auctioneer sold not less than... 11 previously unaccounted Alexander dekadrachms. In the same time, from november 2017 to september 2019 another dealer sold 9 other ones through several auctioneers. In only 2 years, 24 "new" Alexander dekadrachms have surfaced, 4 at the Gaza border, 20 in public auctions. Remember, before 2017 only 14 specimens were known, all of them found in Iraq when their provenance was known . It should really have rang a bell for any honest auctioneer : all these coins suddenly appearing together on the market must come from a newly discovered hoard. From where? Iraq, like all other known hoards that contained similar dekadrachms? Gaza, where 4 specimens have been seized? None of these "new" coins has a pedigree. We all know that several organizations it's useless to name try to sell precious antiquities looted from archaeological sites in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria (why not Gaza?)... Don't you think the suspicion is very legitimate?[/QUOTE]
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