Historic treasure with coins and goat figures detected in Iran

The coins could possibly be of Greek origin by all appearances. The owl was closely associated with 'Pallas Athene', the goddess of wisdom, and was assigned as her companion in ancient times. Therefore the owl was also mint onto Greek coins. The first coinage has been dated to 501 B.C. and came all along the way to contemporary Iran from the former Macedonia by Alexander the Great.

During the treasure hunt several prehistoric artifacts including antique horse bridles and two copper goat figures has been detected with 3D metal detector Rover Deluxe. This type of horse snaffle bits were used by the nomads from Lorestan in 800 - 600 B.C. Lorestan is one of the oldest regions in Iran. For the Lurs horses and horse bridles were important in order to earn their livelihood.