TALLINN - An Estonian citizen has found a treasure of over a thousand pieces of silverware to his government declared that the year yielded almost € 100,000.
"According to the Estonian law, a person who finds and declares an ancient treasure to the authorities is entitled to half of its value, "
The identity of the lucky treasure hunter has not been made public.
"Most of the coins are almost 1000 from Germany and the rest from England, Sweden, Denmark and Hungary An Italian silver coin seems," said Mauri Kiudsoo so, expert at the University of Tallinn.
The man made the discovery on August 16 last year while digging in a farmer's field near Tallinn. "According to the Estonian law, a person who finds and declares an ancient treasure to the authorities is entitled to half of its value, "
The identity of the lucky treasure hunter has not been made public.
"Most of the coins are almost 1000 from Germany and the rest from England, Sweden, Denmark and Hungary An Italian silver coin seems," said Mauri Kiudsoo so, expert at the University of Tallinn.
The treasure, packed in a broken earthen pot, made up of 1,329 silver coins and nine other silver objects.
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