Saturday, February 21, 2015

It Makes No Sense to Contemplate New Restrictions on Ancient Roman Imperial Coins.


Imperial Roman coins can be bought
by the bagful on eBay for a few dollars each
Peter Tompa: 
"It's time to scrap current import restrictions and instead promote real cultural cooperation rather than more confrontation.  This is particularly true for common artifacts like ancient coins.  It has never made sense to place restrictions on ancient coins, particularly when there is large, open and legal internal market for the exact same sort of coins within Italy itself.  It makes even less senseto contemplate new restrictions on ancient Roman Imperial Coins.  These originally circulated throughout Europe, the Middle East and even parts of Asia and have been actively collected since the Renaissance.  They “belong” not to Italy, but to us all". 

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