Zev/CFDL: Nice Catch. I see the toolng and I wonder if someone tried to fake partial die filling on the obverse or just engraved a different protrait after...
This coin is from a local mint and not from the Rome official mint; this type has been widely struck outside Rome; Balkans copies can be often found though...
Hello CFDL, I tend to agree with "the stalker" from what I can see of the photo. Smoothed, but not tooled, and probably ancient. Slipping or bouncing of the...
Art's flattering comment from his post below: "And now, one has to travel to Cleveland for God's sake to see this statue, that belongs in Europe." My comment: ...
If THAT strikes you as ridiculous, reflect on this: In jealously guarding access to antiquities, in doing everything possible to prevent collectors from...
Nice for you Craig that you live in Cleveland... But you are so naive. Don't you get it??????? This HIGHLY IMPORTANT statue was RECENTLY excavated,given a FAKE...
Hello Dave / CFDL, This is a coin list, not an antiquity list, byut we can do this here for awhile, as the sickness / craziness coming out of antiquities can...
Alan you have many valid points here but it seems Art wants all the controls possible. I am sick of the self serving attitude his coins are ok but others ...
... The post you replied to was sent to CFDL in reply to one that answered a post by Art in CFDL, which brought up UNIDROIT as an issue. I have a major concern...
Hello Lou / CFDL, I do not advocate the right of anyone to come in, without a warrant, and look at anyones collections. To clarify, I mean when people want to...
Lou, Somehow I like the way you try to put words in my mouth. You must be influenced by the elections. Anyway, I am against Unidroit, for 90%. Most museums...
I want to not emy website that I am starting again http://www.geocities.com/theunescotruth/ I am looking for help to build this into a decent site that can be...
Alan: if we lived in a perfect world this would be possible, but, from having quite a few contacts with foreign people in traveling and myself having worked...
Hello Lou / CFDL, Attributing things to me I never wrote, is not ethical. If you wish to quote me, then give the text, and refer to the number of the CFDL...
Group/Art, I must say that I agree with Arthur on this one. This story shows exactly why UNESCO was created, to keep looters from stealing/selling artifacts of...
There are plenty of stories like these. Most can be found on MvR.com. What about Rivero Lake, the most famous Antique-dealer of Mexico. He is even the...
We already have a system to check items going from country to country and they have already done a number on many types of smuggled things and sometimes...
Hello Lou / CFDL, There is a big difference between putting the burden of proof, or preponderance, on the accused, or on the accuser(s). If customs, or anyone,...
For your consideration: http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=66801&item=3923651216 Daniel [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hello Dan / CFDL, In my opinion, looks tooled to me, and artificially patinated. Seesm to me, I have seen this hand before, the "perforation hairstyle" for...
Hello CFDL List Members, I have copies of "Conetmporary Coin Engravers and Coin Masters from Bulgaria" "lipanoff" studio by Ilya Prokopov for sale. New, paper...
... That is indeed an interesting coin. I looked at all the coins that this vendor has for sale. I am not a believer in condemning coins from small sized...
The recent discussion in Unidroit-L about how antiquities are intentionally destroyed by some archaeologists, and about how antiquities are very often not...
Hi Folks, I don't post much on this list because I really don't know all that much about forgeries compared to our esteemed colleagues, but I do like to read...
... From: "Daniel VanArsdale" <barnowl@...> ... ANSWER-Exactly and the current system is overbearing in many countries so do you think adding more power...
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