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.
Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said ... Most of the cache were tetradrachms – ancient large silver coins – originally minted in Athens and used broadly in the eastern Mediterranean ...
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 ...