Florina: Woman hid 19th-century religious icons and over 400 ancient coins in her family home

A 67-year-old pistillate was arrested successful Florina aft constabulary discovered she was successful possession of 4 spiritual icons dating backmost to the mid-19th period and much than 400 past coins, hidden successful her family’s ancestral home.

A felony lawsuit record has been filed against her for violating laws concerning antiquities and the extortion of taste heritage.

According to constabulary sources, the apprehension was carried retired by officers of the Florina Crime Investigation and Resolution Department, arsenic portion of targeted actions aimed astatine safeguarding taste heritage. Acting connected circumstantial intelligence, officers conducted a hunt of the woman’s household location successful the municipality of Florina connected April 29, 2025.

During the search, authorities discovered and confiscated:

• Four post-Byzantine spiritual icons dating from the mid to precocious 19th century.
• 404 past coins from assorted humanities periods including the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Classical, and Ottoman eras, each of which autumn nether taste practice extortion laws.
• An further 179 coins of undetermined age, besides taxable to antiquities legislation, which were likewise seized.
• Two fossilized food specimens.

The probe is ongoing successful bid to find however and erstwhile the pistillate came into possession of these items.

All confiscated artifacts person been handed implicit to the Florina Ephorate of Antiquities for authoritative valuation.

The lawsuit is being handled by the Florina Crimes Investigation Department, and the arrested pistillate is expected to look earlier the Prosecutor of the Florina Court of First Instance.