Re: Ebay artefact selling by fraudster

Doug Weller wrote:
>
> theroyalsocietyofbritishexploration has been selling what he claims to be
> a hoard of coins from the Romano-British Wroxeter site -
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BAGS-OF-1000-ROMAN-COINS-198-250AD_W0QQitemZ8367246199QQcategoryZ4734QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>
> The claim is that the coins are being sold by"The Royal Society of British
> Exploration est 1781 A museum founded by The Earl of Oxbridge"
>
> There is no such Royal Society, no such museum, no Earl of Oxbridge. There
> are several pages of listings on Google for this seller, he's obviously
> committing fraud in a big way.
>
> If the hoard is real (which I doubt given everything else), he's breaking
> the law by trying to sell an unreported hoard.
>
> Can anything be done about this?
> He has also been dealing as
> the*metal*detectorist 29-Sep-05 28-Nov-05
> canterburycoins 04-Aug-05 29-Sep-05
> 4598jason 23-Feb-05 04-Aug-05
>
> I wonder how long this ID will last.

Not very long, "The seller ended this listing early because the item is
no longer available for sale."

tk
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