Greece on Thursday returned a hoard of over 1,000 stolen ancient coins to Turkey in the first repatriation of its kind between the historic rivals and neighbours.
These early coins, made of precious metals like silver and gold, were first minted in the ancient kingdom of Lydia (now part of Turkey) and quickly spread across Greek city-states. The silver coin was ...
The majority of the hoard, 994 coins, consists of Athenian tetradrachms, primarily silver with one copper example. A formal handover ceremony took place at the Numismatic Museum in Athens, attended by ...