Most of the 24-karat gold coins date to the Abbasid period, also known as the Islamic Golden Age. The Abbasid caliphate (A.D. 750–1258) ruled from what is now Iraq, where innovations in art and ...

He estimated that the gold coins were worth around 7.5 million Czech Koruna, or about $340,000. The other items, if they are solid gold and not merely gold plated, could be worth another $340,000 ...