2011 Ancient Greek Coins
2011 Ancient Greek Coins

Year of Object(s) Creation: Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and post-Roman period
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Object Type(s): Coin
Object Material(s): metal
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Provenance
Start Year: 2015
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition:
Nation: Greece
Location: Numismatic Museum of Athens

Ancient Greek Coins


Description:
2,607 Ancient Greek Coins

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2011
Year Claim Resolved: 2015
Means of Resolution: Sua sponte donation

Complainant Name: Greek Culture Ministry
Complainant Nation: Germany
Complainant Nation Economy: Developed
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Greek smuggling ring
Respondent Nation: Greece
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Individual

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Editor's Notes:
"Involved several members of an antiquities smuggling ring dismantled in 2012
Repatriated to Greece in 2015 by Germany" - - Would the means of resolution still be sua sponte if the coins were seized by the German police?