Coins from Persian Empires

The name "Persia" (in ancient persian: Pārsa) has been for a long time used to refer to the nation of modern Iran, their own people and own ancient empires. It is defined as "Great Persia" the territory that had a significant cultural influence and historical importanc; this includes not only Iran, but also the current republics of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, the regions of the Caucasus, western Asia, central Asia and parts of southern Asia, until India and China. It has been ruled from the 6th century BC to the 7th century AD by various imperial dynasties, such as the Achaemenids, the Macedonians, the Seleucids, the Parthians, and the Sasanians, up to the Islamic rising and the Arab Caliphates. Around 550 BC King Cyrus II of Persia, known as Cyrus the Great, founded the Achaemenid dynasty. Between 522 and 486 BC King Darius I brought the Empire to its greatest extension establishing a precise administrative and financial structure, dividing it into satrapies (Persian provinces). The decline of the Empire occurred in 330 BC with the defeat of Darius III by Alexander the Great. The empire of Alexander shattered after his death and one of his general, Seleucus I, seized part of it. Thus the Seleucid dynasty began. This dynasty gradually lost the control of Persia and around 247 BC the Arsacid dynasty conquered Partia and founded the Parthian Empire. In 224 AD, following the fall of the Parthian Empire, Ardashir I established the Sasanian empire. It was the last pre-Islamic Persian empire. In fact, it was conquered by Rashidun Caliphate (one of the firsts Islamic states). Several cities continued to resist against the Islamic authority, but around 651 AD most of its territory was annexed to the Islamic caliphate, thus completing the fall of this empire.
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Persian Empires › Achaemenid Empire (559 BC - 330 BC) › Achaemenid Empire • Daric (521 BC-330 BC)

1 AV Daric (8.4 g) = 20 AR Sigloi (5.35 g)

¼ Siglos - Artaxerxes II / Darius III (THE ROYAL COINAGE - 4th type C)
(375 BC - 330 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.950) • 1.27 g • ⌀ 10 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 1041, Barclay VH# –, N# 70734
⅓ Siglos - Darius I / Xerxes I
(510 BC - 486 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.8 g • ⌀ 10 mm
GCV# 3429, N# 375796
Siglos - Darius I (THE ROYAL COINAGE - 1st type)
(521 BC - 505 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.950) • 5.31 g • ⌀ 12 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 278, BMC Greek# 197, GCV# 3427, N# 60743
Siglos - Darius I / Xerxes I (THE ROYAL COINAGE - 2nd type)
(510 BC - 480 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.950) • 5.30 g • ⌀ 12 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 1027-1028, GCV# 3428, BMC Greek# 185, N# 60744
Siglos - Darius I / Artaxerxes II (THE ROYAL COINAGE - 3rd type)
(490 BC - 375 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.950) • 5.49 g • ⌀ 15 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 1029-1030, BMC Greek# 15-69, N# 60745
Siglos - Darius I / Xerxes I (THE ROYAL COINAGE - 3rd type A)
(490 BC - 475 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.950) • 5.3 g • ⌀ 15 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 1030, BMC Greek# 15, N# 87017
Siglos - Xerxes I / Darius II (THE ROYAL COINAGE - 3rd type B - early)
(485 BC - 420 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.950) • 5.5 g • ⌀ 15 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 1030, Barclay VH# Plate I - 25, BMC Greek# 15-69, N# 87043
Siglos - Xerxes I / Artaxerxes II (THE ROYAL COINAGE - 3rd type B)
(470 BC - 420 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.950) • 5.34 g • ⌀ 13 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 1030, BMC Greek# 69, N# 85270
Siglos - Artaxerxes I / Darius III (THE ROYAL COINAGE - 4th type)
(455 BC - 330 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.950) • 5 g • ⌀ 14 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 1031-1033-1041, BMC Greek# 176, N# 60740
Siglos - Artaxerxes I / Artaxerxes II (THE ROYAL COINAGE - 3rd type B - late)
(450 BC - 375 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.950) • 5.5 g • ⌀ 15 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 1029, BMC Greek# 69, N# 87048
Siglos - Artaxerxes I / Darius II (THE ROYAL COINAGE - 4th type A - early)
(450 BC - 420 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.950) • 5.6 g • ⌀ 14 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 1035, N# 72816
Siglos - Darius II / Artaxerxes II (THE ROYAL COINAGE - 4th type B - middle)
(423 BC - 358 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.950) • 5.5 g • ⌀ 15 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 1033, N# 89457
Siglos - Artaxerxes II / Artaxerxes III (THE ROYAL COINAGE - 3rd type B - late)
(405 BC - 338 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.950) • 5.1 g • ⌀ 15 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 1029, Mitch AC# 110, BMC Greek# 69, N# 56091
Siglos - Artaxerxes II / Darius III (THE ROYAL COINAGE - 4th type C - late)
(375 BC - 330 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.950) • 5.5 g • ⌀ 14 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 1031, Barclay VH# Plate I - 27, BMC Greek# 176, N# 85271
1⁄12 Daric - Darius I / Xerxes I
(522 BC - 465 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 0.66 g
BMC Greek# 184, GCV# 3426, N# 375139
Tetradrachm - Artaxerxes III / Darios III (Halicarnassus)
(350 BC - 333 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 15.13 g • ⌀ 24.5 mm
N# 397775
Daric - Darius I / Xerxes I (THE ROYAL COINAGE - 2nd type)
(510 BC - 480 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.958) • 8.32 g • ⌀ 18 mm
BMC Greek# 184, SNG Copenhagen# 1446, GCV# 3425, N# 69693
Daric - Darius I / Artaxerxes II (THE ROYAL COINAGE - 3rd type)
(490 BC - 375 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.958) • 8.30 g • ⌀ 15.8 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 274, SNG Copenhagen# 275, SNG Copenhagen# 276, BMC Greek# 3, N# 60747
Daric - Artaxerxes I / Darius III (THE ROYAL COINAGE - 4th type)
(450 BC - 330 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.958) • 8.4 g • ⌀ 18 mm
N# 60749

Persian Empires › Achaemenid Empire (559 BC - 330 BC) › Achaemenid Empire • Unspecified currency

Memnon of Rhodes Æ Chalkous
360 BC - 340 BC

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 0.70 g • ⌀ 8.9 mm
N# 374085

The Numista referee for coins of this issuer is simoneo80.

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