Berlin Teen Unearths 3rd-Century B.C. Greek Coin, a First for the German Capital

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 19

A 13-year-old student found a tiny bronze Greek coin in Berlin’s Spandau district, marking the first recorded Greek antiquity discovery in the city.
Minted in Troy between 281 and 261 B.C., the 12-millimeter, 7-gram coin shows Athena on one side and Athena Ilias on the other.
Specialists first had to rule out a lost modern collectible before examining the site, where ceramic fragments, cremated remains and a bronze button pointed to a Bronze Age or early Iron Age burial ground.
Archaeologists now think the low-value coin was likely placed as a grave offering, though how it reached Berlin remains unclear.
The find is scientifically rare because Greek objects had previously been absent in Berlin, even as Roman-era artifacts appear there occasionally.

How did a 2,300-year-old Greek coin from Troy end up buried in a Berlin park?

This single coin challenges Berlin's history. What other ancient European connections have been overlooked?