Collectors of Ancient Roman Coins

[Paullus Scipio]

Well, I was aware of the problem, Dan, but certainly not the scale!
Scary stuff ! hock: hock:

Thanks for the 'Heads Up', and a Laus for highlighting a significant problem.This may be the biggest sector of the problem, but it is evident from other threads and news sources that systematic tomb-robbing of the many thousands of tombs in the Balkans and former Eastern Communist bloc countries is going on by 'organised crime' ( they certainly are organised! ).One has only to look at other desirable items such as helmets and weapons, which regularly go on sale in Auction houses , to disappear for generations into private collections, to surface briefly for sale later.

Their activities make the Etruscan tomb robbing gangs ( and other Italian archaeological sites - even places like Pompeii are just 'crook magnets) pale into petty theft by comparison.....