It can be reveleaed that last week there was a raid on the New York International Numismatic Convention. Two coins were seized with a value of some 2.8 million USD. Arnold-Peter Weiss, the apparent owner of the coins, is reported to have been detained: oral reports circulating here in NYC suggest that handcuffs were applied though this has to be confirmed.
Weiss is reported to be a professor at Brown University of Medicine.
Alan Walker, co-director of the company, claims that the material was being traded legally though he does not seem to have commented on their origin. Were the coins found in Italy? Did they leave Italy legally?
This development seems to suggest that the US authorities are taking firm action over high value cultural property that originates in Italy.
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Weiss is reported to be a professor at Brown University of Medicine.
Alan Walker, co-director of the company, claims that the material was being traded legally though he does not seem to have commented on their origin. Were the coins found in Italy? Did they leave Italy legally?
This development seems to suggest that the US authorities are taking firm action over high value cultural property that originates in Italy.
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