A survey of the material and intellectual consequences of trading in undocumented ancient coins : a case study on the North American trade
- Ancient coins are among the most widely collected and demanded objects among American collectors of antiquities. A vocal lobby of ancient coin dealers/collectors has arisen to protect the importation of undocumented material into the United States and also seeks to make a distinction between antiquities trafficking and that in ancient coins. Coins are an equally important historical source and are no less important 'antiquities' than a Greek painted vase. I examine the scale of the trade in ancient coins in North America and address some points made by proponents of a continued unfettered ancient coin trade.
| Author: | Nathan T. ElkinsGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-54907 |
| ISSN: | 1862-8478 |
| Parent Title (German): | FeRA : Frankfurter elektronische Rundschau zur Altertumskunde |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2008/05/07 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2008 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2008/05/07 |
| Volume: | 2008 |
| Issue: | 7 |
| Page Number: | 13 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 13 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 19881318X |
| Institutes: | Philosophie und Geschichtswissenschaften / Geschichtswissenschaften |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 93 Geschichte des Altertums (bis ca. 499), Archäologie / 930 Geschichte des Altertums bis ca. 499, Archäologie |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
