Four arrested over theft of 483 Celtic gold coins from German museum

The coins date back to around 100 BC (Frank Maechler/AP)

German authorities have arrested four suspects in the theft of hundreds of ancient gold coins from a museum in Bavaria last year.

Thieves broke into the Celtic and Roman Museum in Manching and took 483 Celtic coins that were discovered during an archaeological dig nearby in 1999. The coins dated to around 100 BC.