Border guards detain woman with ancient Greek coins in Odesa region

Border guards checked a citizen who wanted to cross the border in Odesa region for coins of ancient Greek Panticapaeum, Macedonia, and the island of Rhodes.

This was reported by the press service of the Southern Regional Directorate of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

The ancient coins, minted approximately in the IV-II centuries BC, were found by border guards of the Izmail detachment at one of the checkpoints. A citizen of Ukraine, heading to Bulgaria, tried to transport them among her personal belongings.

The coins are likely to be made of bronze and could have been in circulation in the ancient Greek Panticapaeum, Macedonia and the island of Rhodes. The woman did not have any permits to move them across the border. The collection was seized until the court decision. An expert will determine whether these items are of cultural or historical value.

In August, a citizen of Ukraine tried to take out dishes and table clothes with signs of antiquity through the Orlivka checkpoint in Odesa region. Among the woman's personal belongings were objects that looked like silver: coffee cups, cube glasses, sugar tongs, spoons and forks for various household purposes. Most of them bear the name marks of the craftsmen, the year of marking, and the assay. Visually, the oldest among the antiquities is a fork with a stamp of 1841.

In July, a woman tried to take an ancient image of Christ the Almighty through the Orlivka checkpoint. The icon, which has signs of cultural and historical value, was carefully hidden in the car's interior in a small items box. The wooden base of the icon has the remains of a label. The inscription indicates that it was sold in the Shestopalov and Krotov Trading House, a well-known pre-revolutionary Odesa business.

Кирило Бойко