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A picture taken on December 14, 2020 shows part of 27.500 archeological items in Metz, eastern France, seized by customs officers and which were held by a man from France northeastern region Lorraine who tried to sell them in Belgium. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP

A picture taken on December 14, 2020 shows a gold coin of Faustina (Empress - 2nd century), part of 27.500 archeological items in Metz, eastern France, seized by customs officers and which were held by a man from France northeastern region Lorraine who tried to sell them in Belgium. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP

A picture taken on December 14, 2020 shows heads of Roman statues, part of 27.500 archeological items in Metz, eastern France, seized by customs officers and which were held by a man from France northeastern region Lorraine who tried to sell them in Belgium. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP

Members of the DRAC (Lorraine Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs) present some of 27.500 archeological items in Metz, eastern France, seized by customs officers and which were held by a man from France northeastern region Lorraine who tried to sell them in Belgium on December 14, 2020. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP

A member of the DRAC (Lorraine Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs) inspects a Roman dodecahedron or Gallo-Roman Dodecahedron (a very rare archaeological piece dated from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD), part of 27.500 archeological items in Metz, eastern France, seized by customs officers and which were held by a man from France northeastern region Lorraine who tried to sell them in Belgium on December 14, 2020. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP

A member of the DRAC (Lorraine Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs) inspects a Gallic stater, part of 27.500 archeological items in Metz, eastern France, seized by customs officers and which were held by a man from France northeastern region Lorraine who tried to sell them in Belgium on December 14, 2020. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP

A picture taken on December 14, 2020 shows Roman fibulas, part of 27.500 archeological items in Metz, eastern France, seized by customs officers and which were held by a man from France northeastern region Lorraine who tried to sell them in Belgium. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP

A picture taken on December 14, 2020 shows customs seals of some of 27.500 archeological items in Metz, eastern France, seized by customs officers and which were held by a man from France northeastern region Lorraine who tried to sell them in Belgium. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP

A picture taken on December 14, 2020 shows archeological pieces of the Iron Age and the Bronze Age past a metal detector, part of 27.500 archeological items in Metz, eastern France, seized by customs officers and which were held by a man from France northeastern region Lorraine who tried to sell them in Belgium. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP

A picture taken on December 14, 2020 shows currencies of the Dukes of Lorraine (modern times - 16th and 17th century), part of 27.500 archeological items in Metz, eastern France, seized by customs officers and which were held by a man from France northeastern region Lorraine who tried to sell them in Belgium. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP