Hi J_P,
I don't know if this gold was all in gold coins but most likely when we talk about Turkish treasures we talk about jewellry as well.I believe most of it was gold Turkish sovereigns weighing about 8grms each.
You see when Turkish invaded Greece they robbed Greeks from all their assets included jewellry and ancient precious artifacts which were first in their list.
Τhe funny thing is that the mayor of the area where the excavations take place put down in paper that in case they will recover the treasure then a small percentage of it it will go to the people of the nearby village Vasiliki(to share between them) but nobody knows up to now what really happened.You see I got a relative living in this village.
To my opinion some others shared this gold as it ussually happens when searching over here in Greece through legal procedures.
Regards
g-sani
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