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Auction houses for information about the 19 alexander decadrachms put up for sale since the gaza hoard was found in spring 2017. none were able to provide us with the name of the consignor, but our investigation has identified the source of 6 out of the 19 alexander decadrachms put up for sale since 2017. on these instagram and facebook accounts that belong to a famous palestinian coin—collecting family are pictures of coins, including alexander decadrachms, that have turned up in recent aucti...

The coins found by the fishermen were silver alexander the great decadrachms, minted more than 2,000 years ago in babylon, modern—day iraq. before the fishermen‘s discovery in gaza, only a handful of these coins had been found. just 12 are officially recorded. they were all documented and their valuable history was preserved. weve been told that there were dozens of alexander decadrachms in the gaza hoard but now, theyve vanished. just months later, this coin went up for sale at an auction h...

Ever some very rare greek pieces." in september 2018, roma sold that coin for £110,000. we asked mr alshdaifat if he was involved in the sale of the £100,000 coin or any of the other alexander decadrachms auctioned by roma numismatics since september 2017. he said he was not involved in the sale of any of the alexander decadrachms. he told us: richard beale, the director of roma numismatics, told the bbc:

Decadrachms since spring 2017 via classical numismatic group, numismatik naumann, nomos ag and heritage are linked here to the tariq hani collection. the family provided the bbc with this document which lists that these five coins and a further one recently sold had been in their collection since the 1960s before current laws governing the buying and selling of antiquities came into force, making them legal to trade now. and what about the other 13? where might these coins come from, including t...

The coins found by the fishermen we re the coins found by the fishermen were silver alexander the great decadrachms, minted more than 2000 yea rs decadrachms, minted more than 2000 years ago in babylon, modern day iraq. before the fishermen‘s discovery in gaza, only a handful of these coins had been found. just 12 are officially recorded. they were all documented and our valuable history is preserved. weve been told that there were dozens of alexander decadrachms in the gaza hoard but now, the...

They cannot comment on the coins seized because there is an ongoing investigation. auction houses are expected to carry out due diligence to establish a coin‘s provenance, but they are also able to rely on the word of a trusted consignor, the person who bought the coins to the auction house for sale. we asked roma and the seven other auction houses for information about the 19 alexander decadrachms put up for sale since the gaza hoard was found in spring 2017. none were able to provide us with...

Including alexander decadrachms, that have turned up in recent auctions. five of the alexander decadrachms since spring —— sold since spring 2017 via classical numismatic group, numismatik naumann, nomos ag and heritage are linked here to the tariq hani collection. the family provided the bbc with this document which lists that these five coins and a further one recently sold had been in their collection since the 1960s before current laws governing the buying and selling of antiquities came...

Since spring 2017 via classical numismatic group, numismatic newman, no miss ag and heritage are linked here to the tarik henry collection. the family provided the bbc with this document which lists that these five coins and a further one recently sold had beenin and a further one recently sold had been in their collection since the 19605 been in their collection since the 1960s before current laws governing the buying and selling of antiquities came into force, making them legal to trade now. a...

Is an ongoing investigation. auction houses are expected to carry out due diligence to establish a coins provenance but they are also able to rely on the word of a trusted consignor, the person who bought the coins to the auction house for sale. we asked roma in the seven other auction houses for information about the 19 other decadrachms put up a sale since the gaza border was found in spring 2017. none were able to provide us with the name of the consignor but our investigation has identify th...

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