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To: Verginius Rufus
"I guess if it was minted by the rulers of Egypt it belongs to Egypt"

Here I wasn't even thinking about which country owned it. I was wondering if an individual could lay claim to it. I suppose the salvage rights on land are much different than they are in the open sea. You're probably right, Egypt owns it.

7 posted on 08/11/2010 5:39:44 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

Considering that Alexander the Great had conquered Egypt in 332 B.C., the ruler of Egypt in 190 B.C,. would have been Ptolemy V Epiphanes ,a descendant of a body guard of Alexander the great, the Greek leader.Ptolemy V Epiphanes also figures prominently in the book of Maccabees. If the coin proves anything, then the land belongs to Greece.


12 posted on 08/11/2010 6:20:03 PM PDT by jmcenanly
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