Kut, Iraq: Iraqi archaeologists have found 66 gold coins that are at least 1,400 years old, officials said yesterday, adding that they hope to put them on display in Baghdad’s National Museum. The artefacts, which date back to the Sassanid era that extended from 225 BC to 640 AD, will be sent for laboratory tests in order to confirm their authenticity. They were discovered in the town of Aziziyah, which lies 70km southeast of Baghdad in Wasit province.
The coins bore drawings of a king and depicted flames, he said. Many of Iraq’s archaeological sites have been vandalised and encroached upon in recent decades, but especially in the years following the US-led invasion of 2003. AFP
