The Office of the Prosecutor General handed over to the museum silver bars from the Roman period that had been saved from illegal sale
Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin expressed his gratitude to the employees of the National Museum for their attentiveness and dedication to their work.
The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, together with the National Police, handed over to the National Museum of the History of Ukraine a unique archaeological treasure consisting of three Roman silver ingots that were saved from illegal sale and returned to the state. About this informs press service of the department.
This valuable artifact was discovered on the territory of the Khust district of the Transcarpathian region. A local resident tried to sell one of the ingots through an online marketplace. Thanks to the attentiveness of the employee of the National Museum, who noticed this announcement in time and informed the law enforcement authorities, it was possible to prevent the illegal sale.
The Transcarpathian Regional Prosecutor’s Office immediately started criminal proceedings on this fact, involving the regional office of the National Police and operative units in the investigation. The special cultural value of the treasure attracted the attention of the Prosecutor General’s Office, which took the course of the investigation under its control.
During the search, two more similar ingots were found at the suspect’s home. In order to accurately determine their authenticity and cultural value, an examination was conducted, which included forensic experts from the State NDEKC of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and specialists from the National Museum of the History of Ukraine.
The research results confirmed that the recovered ingots are archaeological treasures of the Roman period, dated 306-337. Each ingot weighs 342 grams, and the total value of the three ingots is almost 3.5 million hryvnias.
The ceremony of handing over the treasure to the National Museum of the History of Ukraine was attended by Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin, Acting Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Rostyslav Karandeev, Director General of the National Museum of History of Ukraine Fedir Androschuk, Head of the Transcarpathian Regional Prosecutor’s Office Anatoliy Kovalchuk and curator of the museum program. Saved treasures” Maxim Levada.
