"One of the biggest found in Asia"

An ancient gold handle of a dagger with an Arabic inscription were among other gold jewellery, rubies and other precious items, part of a treasure haul brought to the surface from an ancient shipwreck, at a showroom in south Jakarta.

An ancient treasure trove salvaged from a 1,000-year-old shipwreck was found by an Indonesian fishermen.

It is set to go under the hammer in Jakarta today with a minimum price of $80 million dollars.

Heymans said the haul was one of the biggest found in Asia and was comparable to the most valuable shipwreck ever found anywhere, that of the Atocha, a Spanish vessel which sank off Florida in 1622.

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