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Stolen Ancient Roman-Thracian Silver Mask Helmet Returned to Archaeology Museum

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« on: April 19, 2015, 04:58:33 pm »

The Ancient Roman – Thracian mask helmet is said to be worth about EUR 2 million, and to be one of just three of its kind in the entire world.

The extremely rare artifact was stolen in an armed robbery of the Plovdiv Museum of Archaeology exactly 20 years ago – in April 1995. Back then, two armed men attacked the museum shooting and wounding a security guard.

They stole only the Ancient Roman – Thracian mask helmet even though at that time it was exhibited together with other archaeological treasures: two gold laurel wreaths, silver and bronze vessels, and two gold rings.

On this case Bulgaria’s Specialized Prosecutor’s Office is prosecuting an organized crime group of four persons smuggling archaeological items.

The Director of the Regional Museum of Archaeology in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv, Kostadin Kisyov, has sent a letter to Bulgaria’s Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov thanking the institution for the recovery of the stolen item.

The mask helmet, which is listed under No. 19 in the inventory book of the Plovdiv Museum of Archaeology, was partly restored by specialists in the 1970s.
This iron helmet with a silver mask and silver laurel wreath decoration was stolen from the Plovdiv Museum of Archaeology in 1995, and has now been returned by the Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office. Photo: Bulgaria's Prosecutor's Office
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