The Unpublished Seleucid Coins of King Demetrius Soter (162-150–BC) in the Sreshma Treasure in the Northeast of Arbil | ||
| Athar Alrafedain | ||
| Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2023, Pages 220-234 PDF (1.55 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/athar.2023.1786930 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abdulwahab Soleiman Hassan* 1; DLshad Aziz Marf2 | ||
| 1director of Soran directorate of Antiquities | ||
| 2Archaeology Department, College of Humanities, University of Sulaimani | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In the district of Soran, North-east of the city of Erbil, there are many archaeological sites that date back to different periods that start from the Stone Ages to the Kurdish princedom of Soran in Ruwanduz in the nineteenth century AD. These archaeological sites are located in valleys, on plains, and in the mountainous areas between Erbil and Rawanduz as well as to the gorges and mountain passes between the two areas. As for the caravans that travel through the passes of Gal-i-Ali-Beg and the Alana Valley in which they connect them with the Splik pass. The strait and water springs of Sreshma were in a pivotal location that is visited frequently by all commercial caravans as well as by the armies of military campaigns through the ages. In this research paper, after presenting an overview of the Sereshma treasure, which consists of hundreds of Seleucid coins of the Tetradrachm type discovered near a water spring in the strait. The research focuses on the selected coins of King Demetrius Soter and their artistic and written characteristics. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Sareshma; Treasure; Seleucid Coins; Tetradrachma; Demetrius Suter | ||
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