Three men have been convicted in the theft of hundreds of ancient gold coins from a German museum in 2022 and handed prison ...

DNA evidence also linked the men to a string of robberies across both Germany and Austria dating back to 2014.

Four men have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from four years and nine months to 11 years after the theft of the gold ...

Three of them are also suspected of participating in 11 other robberies or attempted robberies between 2014 and 2022 in which supermarkets, a vehicle registration office and a casino were targeted.

On the night of November 22, 2022, the perpetrators broke into the Celtic-Roman Museum in Manching and stole a treasure containing 483 Celtic gold coins from around 100 B.C.

The museum claims the coin is in the Guinness Book of Records for its purity of 999.99/1000 gold. The 1.18-inch thick coin has a diameter of 20.9 inches. The trial is set to last for 12 days.

Three men have been convicted of the theft of hundreds of ancient gold coins from a German museum in 2022 and handed prison ...

BERLIN (AP) — Three men were convicted Tuesday in the theft of hundreds of ancient gold coins from a German museum in 2022 and handed prison sentences ranging up to 11 years.