The Amu Darya treasure, also known as the treasure of the Oxus, is a collection of gold and silver items dating back to the fourth-second centuries, BC, discovered in 1877 in ancient Bactria, modern Tajikistan. The magnificent collection includes 1,300 Scythian and Greco-Bactrian coins, vessels, statuettes, bracelets and medallions.
The treasure was acquired by the British Museum in late 19th century, when peasants, who found the hoard, sold it to Bukhara merchants and they in turn resold it to England.
The Tajik National Museum of Antiquities keeps more than 12,000 historical finds. On a visit to a pre-Islamic historical site on the bank of the Amu Darya in southern Tajikistan, the Tajik president instructed scientists to draft proposals to preserve the archaeological site.
