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Oxus Treasure

collection of ca. 180 gold and silver objects and ca. 200 coins from Achaemenid Persia, found by the Oxus in 1877–1880
Hoard Q1246609
Oxus Treasure
Manuel Parada López de Corselas Manuel de Corselas ARS SUMMUM, Centro para el Estudio y Difusión Libres de la Historia del Arte · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
hoard
Inception
550 BC, 330 BC[5][6]
Owned by
British Museum[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 37.106°, 68.306°
Collection
British Museum[4]
Made from material
gold[3]
Time of discovery or invention
1880[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Oxus treasure en Oxus Treasure ar كنز أكسوس de Oxus-Schatz es Tesoro del Oxus fa گنجینه آمودریا fr Trésor de l'Oxus hu Oxusi kincslelet it Tesoro dell'Oxus it Oxus Treasure ja オクサスの遺宝 ja オクサス遺宝 pl Skarb amudarski pt Tesouro de Oxus ru Амударьинский клад tr Ceyhun Hazinesi uk Амудар'їнський скарб zh 阿姆河寶藏
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
HMhDd
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
116458
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Oxus-treasure
Freebase ID
/m/02q6myd
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1819137
Grove Art Online ID
T064379
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3868914
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
4637
World History Encyclopedia ID
Oxus_Treasure

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Collection 1
British Museum
Instance of 1
hoard
Made from material 1
gold
Owned by 1
British Museum
Owns / has subsidiaries 1
British Museum
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Summary

Oxus Treasure is a hoard[1].

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British Museum

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  1. 18w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → HMhDd
    Instance of → hoard
    Owned by → British Museum
    Made from material → gold
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