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2025-07-02 16:27
Police recover 21 Ilkhanid-era coins in northern Iran
TEHRAN — Iranian police have recovered 21 ancient coins believed to date back to the Ilkhanid era during a vehicle search near the city of Faruj in North Khorasan province, northeastern Iran.
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2025-06-24 17:56
Echoes of the past: silver plate with lion hunt scene
The pictured silver plate of ancient Iran depicts a royal horseman engaged in a lion hunt.
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2025-01-17 17:51
Iran takes legal action to seize historic coins sold at foreign auction
TEHRAN – Iran’s General Directorate of Museums has announced that it has initiated legal measures to stop the sale of two historic coins at a foreign auction house.
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2024-11-08 16:00
Imam Reza (AS) inheritance coin unveiled by tourism minister in Shiraz
SHIRAZ - The Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts, Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri, has unveiled the historical Imam Reza (AS) inheritance coin, at a cultural heritage museum located within the revered Shah Cheragh Museum in Shiraz.
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2024-08-04 18:00
Age-old treasures recovered in Fars
TEHRAN – Authorities in Fars province, have seized some historical artifacts dating back to different periods, preventing their smuggling in Pasargad county.
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2024-07-23 17:58
Qajar-era coins recovered in Delfan
TEHRAN - In a crackdown on illegal antiquities trade, Lorestan’s authorities have uncovered a collection of historical coins in Delfan county, according to a local official in charge of cultural heritage preservation.
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2024-05-31 18:39
Collection of ancient coins recovered in West Azarbaijan
TEHRAN - In a significant breakthrough, West Azarbaijan province has recovered a great number of precious gold and copper coins dating back two millennia.
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2024-05-22 17:29
Expert illuminates crucial role of lab studies in historical coin conservation
TEHRAN - Sheiba Khadir, a senior expert affiliated with the Research Institute for Conservation and Restoration of Historical and Cultural Artifacts, has emphasized the importance of laboratory studies in the restoration of historical coins.
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2024-05-19 18:15
Echoes of Islamic heritage: Imam Reza (AS) inheritance coin unveiled
TEHRAN – On Saturday, during a momentous event in Mashhad, an inheritance coin of Imam Reza (AS) which was minted in occasion of the eighth Shia Imam’s appointment as heir of Al-Ma’mun [the Abbasid caliph], has been unveiled.
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2024-04-26 17:10
Iranian authorities seize Parthian coins from train passenger
TEHRAN - In a most recent move to safeguard ancient heritage, Iranian railway police have confiscated 73 coins dating back to the Parthian era from a passenger at Andimeshk railway station.
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2024-04-21 17:28
Coins, other relics recovered in Maragheh
TEHRAN – East Azarbaijan’s authorities have recovered hundreds of historical metal coins along with some other relics from a private residence in the village of Gol Tapeh.
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2024-04-17 14:15
Sassanian coins: from royal portraits to economic insights
TEHRAN - The coinage of the Sasanian Empire (circa 224-651 CE) serves as the most crucial primary source for its monetary and economic history and holds significant importance for both history and art history.
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2024-04-02 16:54
Sassanid coin depicting Empress Boran on view at Tehran museum
TEHRAN - A significant historical artifact, the Sassanid coin featuring Empress Boran (Purandokht), daughter of King Khosrow II, is now on display at the Money Museum in Tehran.
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2024-03-03 18:01
Coins, cylindrical seal, wooden door and processional standard named national heritage
TEHRAN – As a priceless measure, four authentic elements, found in Kermanshah province, have been enshrined in Iran’s national heritage roster.
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2024-01-05 17:34
Police recover coins dating back to Seleucid, Parthian eras
TEHRAN – On Saturday, the tourism chief of Hamedan province announced the retrieval and seizure of 92 ancient coins dating back to the Seleucid-Parthian periods.
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2023-10-30 17:11
Collector donates silver coins to Mashhad museum
TEHRAN – An Iranian collector has donated over 500 ancient silver coins to the Astan Quds Razavi Museum located in Mashhad, northeast Iran.
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2023-10-11 18:18
Ilam laboratory restores coins from different eras
TEHRAN – A cultural heritage laboratory in Ilam province has finished the restoration of 200 coins minted in different historical eras across Iran.
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2023-06-23 17:59
3,680 antiquities seized by police at Tehran airport
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recovered hundreds of coins and artifacts while inspecting the suitcases of departing travelers in the Imam Khomeini International Airport, southern Tehran.
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2023-06-13 23:00
Ancient antiquities confiscated by border security forces
TEHRAN - Iranian authorities have confiscated hundreds of relics, some of which date from the Parthian and Seleucid eras, from a cargo intended to be shipped from a southern port to the UAE.
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2023-05-09 18:50
Ancient relics recovered by police
TEHRAN– Iranian authorities have recently confiscated some coins and other antiquities from the home of a suspect in the ancient city of Neyshabur.
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2023-03-05 21:30
A haul of Sassanid coins documented
TEHRAN – The Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism has recently restored and documented a haul of Sassanid coins previously confiscated by Police forces in Nahavand of Hamedan province.
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2023-02-05 22:30
Sassanid coins documented in Kerman
TEHRAN – A group of linguists and coinage experts has recently finished work on 250 Sassanid coins being kept in treasure troves of cultural heritage museums in Kerman province.
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2022-11-28 23:42
Police recover ancient coins from antique dealer
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have seized a collection of centuries-old coins from an antique dealer who had illegally kept the relics.
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2022-09-23 20:00
Elymais, Seleucid and Parthian relics recovered by police
TEHRAN—Iranian authorities have recently recovered several ancient objects estimated to date from the Elymais, Seleucid, and Parthian eras.
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2022-08-03 21:00
Ancient relics recovered in northern Iranian town
TEHRAN - Police have recovered 45 ancient coins and tens of other historical objects from a smuggler in Torbat-e Heydarieh, northeast Iran.
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2022-05-20 17:50
Hoard of relics, donated by two Iranian families, on show at Tehran museum
TEHRAN – A hoard of relics, donated by two Iranian families, has been put on show at the National Museum of Iran in downtown Tehran.
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2022-04-29 20:30
Parthian coin recovered in western Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have confiscated an ancient coin from an inbound passenger.