Year of Object(s) Creation: 2nd century BCE
Estimated Value ($USD): 1,300,000
Object Type(s): Bust, Carving
Object Material(s): marble, stone
Provenience Nation: Algeria
Provenience Location: Skikda, Algeria
Year Removed from Findspot: 1996

Provenance
Start Year: 1996
End Year: 2002
Circumstance of Acquisition: Illegal excavation
Nation: United States
Location: Manhattan, New York City
Start Year: 2002
End Year: 2008
Circumstance of Acquisition: Illegal purchase
Nation: United States
Location: Christie's Auction House

Marble Bust of Marcus Aurelius from Algeria


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Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1996
Year Claim Resolved: 2008
Means of Resolution: Action by Respondent's Govt.

Complainant Name: Governement of Algeria
Complainant Nation: Algeria
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Governement of the USA
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Government

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Editor's Notes:
WHERE IS IT NOW? The bust was returned to the museum it was stolen from in Skikda, Algeria Edited by JS