The Hunt for Gaza's Lost Treasure
Our World · Season 2020 · Episode 3
In 2017 a group of fishermen found a hoard of precious coins on the sea bed off the coast of Gaza. They were decadrachms from the reign of Alexander the Great- and they were worth a fortune. Three years on, they have disappeared. So what happened to them, and why are rare coins so hard to trace?
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Season
2020
Episode
3
Air Date
01/Feb/2020
Air Time
21:30
Runtime
30 min
Overview
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In 2017 a group of fishermen found a hoard of precious coins on the sea bed off the coast of Gaza. They were decadrachms from the reign of Alexander the Great- and they were worth a fortune. Three years on, they have disappeared. So what happened to them, and why are rare coins so hard to trace?
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