Priceless ancient gold helmet stolen from Dutch museum is recovered

A police officer stands by the recovered helmet (Aleksandar Furtula/AP)

A priceless ancient gold helmet from Romania, stolen last year from a museum in the Netherlands, has been recovered, Dutch authorities announced on Thursday.

Guarded by heavily armed, balaclava-clad police, prosecutors unveiled the 2,500-year-old Cotofenesti helmet, one of Romania’s most revered national treasures from the Dacia civilisation, during a news conference in the eastern Dutch city of Assen.