Vercingetorix, 52 v. Chr.
Goldstater.
Sehr selten.
Prägeschwächen, sonst sehr schön.
Denar, 42,
Lagermünzstätte in Kleinasien oder Nordgriechenland.
Sehr selten.
Av. schön. Rv. schön bis sehr schön.
Solidus, unbestimmte Münzstätte.
Äußerst selten. Wohl unediert.
Aus Sammlung Topp.
Fast vorzüglich.
auf die Münzkonvention der drei korrespondierenden
Kreise Bayern, Franken und Schwaben.
Sehr selten, nur wenige Exemplare in Gold bekannt.
Fast Stempelglanz.
Löser zu 10 Reichstalern 1614, Goslar oder Zellerfeld.
Äußerst selten. Aus Altbestand der Preussag in Goslar,
erworben am 28. Februar 1977.
Sehr schön.
Georg. Probe zu 5 Mark 1902.
Äußerst selten, wohl nur dieses Exemplar bekannt.
Vorzüglich bis Stempelglanz aus polierter Platte.
Ferdinand III., 1625-1627-1657.
Vierfacher Schautaler 1629, Prag.
Äußerst selten.
Aus Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel.
Fast vorzüglich.
Sigismund III., 1587-1632.
Portugalöser zu 10 Dukaten o. J.,
vermutlich Krakau.
Äußerst selten.
Gutes sehr schön.
Goldmedaille 1778 von J. G. Holtzhey,
Ehrenmedaille von Teyler's Godgeleerd Genootschap,
verliehen 1796 an den Pastor und Lehrer Jan Brouwer.
Äußert selten.
Vorzüglich.
Großes, sehr gewichtiges Kleinod zum Schulterband,
Anfertigung von ca. 1767.
Äußerst selten.
Aus dem persönlichen Nachlass von
Herzog Wilhelm in Bayern. II.
Researchers Analyse the Myth About the Massive Illicit Trade in Antiquities
The illicit trade in antiquities is the world’s third-largest illicit trade – time and again, this statement pops up in headlines. An extensive new study shows how this false claim came about, and how we actually should deal with the problem of the illegal trade in antiquities.
There is no evidence that proves that the illicit trade in antiquities is the third largest in the world. That is the finding of a new study by Donna Yates and Neil Brodie.
Time and again, new studies and counter-studies are being published on the question of the actual volume of the illicit trade in antiquities. Usually, those who do not like the results claim that the study in question has an ideological agenda.
Donna Yates and Neil Brodie, two researchers specialising in cultural property issues and the antiquities trade, now ventured into this field.
Donna Yates is Associate Professor in the department of Criminal Law and Criminology at Maastricht University. She has been studying the international trade in cultural assets, works of art and cultural property crimes for years.
Neil Brodie is archaeologist at Oxford University and, among other things, expert at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime.
In their study with the title “The illicit trade in antiquities is not the world’s third-largest illicit trade: a critical evaluation of a factoid”, Yates and Brodie examined articles and contributions of daily newspapers, specialist publications as well as other documents from the past fifty years. Their result: the often quoted numbers and so-called facts are not based on hard and fast studies but come from early publications that quote even older texts without critically analysing their veracity. In this context, the authors speak of so-called “zombie statistics” and emphasise: this claim is not true. Repeating such factoids and using them for political arguments undermines serious efforts to stop looting and trafficking, they find.
The study was published by Oxford University Press in June 2023 as an open-access publication, so it is freely available to everyone.
