BADAJOZ.- He Provincial Archaeological Museum has suffered, in the early hours of this Saturday, a robbery in which the 149 coins that make up the Treasure of Villanueva de la Serena.
As sources from the Government of Extremadura have confirmed to Europa Press, access to the museum has been through the back of the building, forcing a gate. Once inside, the perpetrators violently broke the display case to steal the coins.
Investigation
At this time, the area remains cordoned off and with a wide deployment of the National Police, while the Scientific Police are in the museum carrying out the technical inspection. Following protocol, the museum director will file a complaint with the National Police.
The Board ensures that the museum has “permanent” surveillance and that it complies with the required security measures.
The center will remain closed to the public today and until further notice.
The Treasure of Villanueva de la Serena is made up of 149 gold coins discovered in 1987 under the old Rialto Cinema in the Villanueva municipality. They are minted between 1772 and 1822 in mints such as Madrid, México, Lima, Potosí, Popayán, Santiago, Seville or the New Kingdom and are made up of pieces such as doubloons of 8 and 320 reales.
The origin of the complex, made up of pieces from the reigns of Charles III, Charles IV and Ferdinand VII, is linked to the concealment probably carried out in the 1920s in a stately home located where the House of Culture was later built.
