Our World

Season 14, Episode 3

Episode Title: The Hunt for Gaza's Lost Treasure

Air Date: 2020-01-31

Overview:

In 2017 a group of fishermen found a hoard of precious coins on the sea bed off the coast of Gaza. They were decadrachms from the reign of Alexander the Great- and they were worth a fortune. 3 years on, they have disappeared. So what happened to them, and why are rare coins so hard to trace?