希腊向土耳其归还1000多枚被盗古币

雅典：周四，希腊向土耳其归还了超过 1000 枚被盗古币，这是这两个历史对手和邻国之间的首次此类归还。

Greece returned a hoard of over 1,000 stolen ancient coins to Turkiye on Thursday in the first repatriation of its kind between the historic rivals and neighbours.

周四，希腊向土耳其归还了超过 1000 枚被盗古币，这是这两个历史对手和邻国之间的首次此类归还。

The move came a few months after Turkiye publicly supported Greece in its long quest to reclaim the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum in London.

几个月前，土耳其公开支持希腊从伦敦大英博物馆收回帕台农神庙大理石雕像的长期努力。

Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said the hoard of 1,055 silver coins had been seized by Greek customs guards on the border with Turkiye in 2019.

希腊文化部长莉娜·门多尼 (Lina Mendoni) 表示，2019 年希腊海关人员在与土耳其边境查获了 1,055 枚银币。

“These coins had been illegally imported,” Mendoni said at a ceremony at the Numismatic Museum, which specialises in currency and medal collections, in Athens.

“这些硬币是非法进口的，”门多尼在雅典钱币博物馆举行的仪式上说，该博物馆专门收藏货币和奖章。

Greeks are “particularly sensitive” to repatriation issues, she said. “All illegally exported antiquities from whichever country should return to their country of origin,” Mendoni added.

她说，希腊人对遣返问题“特别敏感”。门多尼补充说：“无论来自哪个国家，所有非法出口的文物都应返回原产国。”

Turkish Culture Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said the operation was the first repatriation from Greece.

土耳其文化部长穆罕默德·努里·埃尔索伊表示，这是首次从希腊遣返。

Greek and Turkish experts determined that the coins were part of a stock hidden in Asia Minor between the late 5th and early 4th century BCE, she added.

她补充说，希腊和土耳其专家确定这些硬币是公元前 5 世纪末至 4 世纪初隐藏在小亚细亚的库存的一部分。

While research is ongoing, it is possible the hoard was secreted in modern-day Turkiye during the Persian Wars expeditions of Athenian general Cimon, a veteran of the 480 BCE Battle of Salamis, she added.

她补充说，虽然研究仍在进行中，但这些宝藏有可能是在雅典将军西蒙 (Cimon) 远征波斯战争期间秘密藏在现代土耳其的，西蒙是公元前 480 年萨拉米斯战役的老兵。