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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Two dozen potentially looted artefacts worth $24m are seized from home of American philanthropist

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Last month, Lucius Verus arrived in Turkey. It was big news. After a life of international intrigue and perhaps criminality, the Roman emperor, valued at $15m, was home.

The actual Verus had been dead since the second century CE, but a rare life-sized bronze of the ruler only arrived in the city of Antalya in November.

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