Year of Object(s) Creation: 2nd century BCE
Estimated Value ($USD): 500,000
Object Type(s): Coin
Object Material(s): brass, bronze, copper, silver
Provenience Nation: Greece
Provenience Location: Bronze Age city of Asine, modern day Greece
Year Removed from Findspot: 1922 (approximate)

Provenance
Start Year: 1922
End Year: 2006
Circumstance of Acquisition: Excavated under instruction by Swedish government
Nation: Sweden
Location: Universities of Uppsala and Lund

48 Ancient Greek Coins Excavated by Sweden


Description:
Sweden handed over 48 ancient coins to the Greek culture ministry, a century after they were unearthed in the eastern Peloponnese and taken to two Swedish universities.

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2004
Year Claim Resolved: 2006
Means of Resolution: Arbitration

Complainant Name: Government of Greece
Complainant Nation: Greece
Complainant Nation Economy: Developed
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Universities of Lund and Uppsala, Swedish Governement
Respondent Nation:
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Institution

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Editor's Notes:
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? All of the coins are currently exhibited at the Numismatic Museum of Athens in Athens, Greece *Image is of other coins discovered at the Asine site, not part of the group discussed in this entry* Edited by JS