roma numismatics since september 2017. he said he was not involved in the sale of any of the alexander decadrachms. roma numismatics, told the bbc: he added that the consignors... we asked mr beale where and when the coins were originally found, and he said he was not aware and that this was not unusual in the industry. none of the experts or historians we consulted were able to match the photos of the coins found by the fishermen with the alexander decadrachms put up for sale in auction houses around the world. the way the current laws and regulations around the coin industry work make it really hard to trace the history of coins and, so understand what they tell us about the ancient world. despite calls for new regulations to be introduced, auction houses and consignors are under no obligation to reveal the provenance of the coins they sell. in fact, data protection laws can prevent them from sharing this information. our investigation has uncovered where only some of the recently auctioned coins came from. we may never know where the gaza hoard ended up. what we do know is that gaza has lost a pa