The Sunday Herald is reporting claims in from newspaper Ziua that 20,000 Dacien gold coins have been smuggled out of the country since 1990.
Romanian authorities have recovered 7845 ancient gold coins from smugglers. So the 20,000 claim is reasonable, an estimate that twice as many coins made it through as were caught.
(via PhDiva)
Time Again to Tell the Cultural Property Advisory Committee What You Think
About Import Restrictions on Coins and Other Artifacts, including Minority
Cultural Heritage, for Romania, Albania and Nigeria
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The State Department has announced a Cultural Property Advisory Committee
(CPAC) Meeting to consider a new Cultural Property Agreement (CPA) with
Romani...
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