Gold cup stashed under bed for years is $ 100,000 ancient Persian artifact . The 5½-inch gold cup , which experts have dated to the third or fourth century B.C. , fetched $ 100,000 at an auction in Dorchester , southern England , Thursday . Small urn found under the hammer at auction in southern California Thursday . Artifact acquired by junk dealer , son of current owner , in the 1930s or 1940s . Experts say it is believed to be from the third or fourth century BC .
Gold cup stashed under bed for years is $ 100,000 ancient Persian artifact . Small urn found under the hammer at auction in southern California Thursday . Artifact acquired by junk dealer , son of current owner , in the 1930s or 1940s . Experts say it is believed to be from the third or fourth century BC .