By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek …. By including antiquities within the political construction “cultural property” nationalist retentionist cultural policies often claim all antiquities from beneath, or on the soil of lands within their borders as cultural property and of importance to their national identity, and their citizens’ collective and individual identities.[1] THERE IS A GLOBAL […]
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On September 23, the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (Italian State Mint) issued this year’s second coin in the popular and successful “Italy of Art” series. This, the larger coin of the two, focuses on the incomparable history and beauty of the island of Sardinia
Description: The Sardinia Italy of Arts series features a bronze statuette of a warrior. The island of Sardinia is an autonomous region of Italy west of the mainland and is the second-largest Italian island behind Sicily, which is also an autonomous region. There have been many civilizations in Sardinia going back to ancient times, and […]
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