Stolen Roman bust bought for $35 at Goodwill to be returned to Germany.

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Source: KSAT San Antonio
Stolen Roman bust bought for $35 at Goodwill to be returned to Germany.
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A 2,000-year-old Roman marble bust, named Drusus Germanicus, found by a Texas woman at a Goodwill in Austin for $34.99 is heading back to Germany after being confirmed to be in a museum collection during World War II in Aschaffenburg, Germany. The bust is currently on display at the San Antonio Museum of Art until May 21 before it returns to Germany. The bust dates back to the late 1st century BC to the early 1st century AD and once belonged to the collection of King Ludwig I of Bavaria.

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