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 › Parthian Empire (247 BC - 224 AD) › Indo-Parthian Kingdom • Drachm (12 BC-225 AD)

AR / AE / BI Tetradrachm (4) - AR / AE / BI Drachm (1) - AE Unit / Tri-Chalkon (¹⁄₁₆)

Drachm - Sarpedonus - 12 BC-130 AD (Province of Bannu)
60

Standard circulation coin
Silver
MIG# 1105, ISCH# 252.1D, N# 82404
Drachm - Abdagases I - 12 BC-130 AD (Province of Jammu - time of the Kushan conquest)
(60-70)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 2.5 g • ⌀ 11 mm
MIG# 1146, MIG# 1145, ISCH# 232.v, N# 55359
Drachm - Satavastra - 12 BC-130 AD (Province of Bannu)
100

Standard circulation coin
Silver
MIG# 1108, ISCH# 250.1D, N# 82403
Drachm - Pakores - 12 BC-130 AD (Province of Sakastan)
(100-135)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.70 g
MIG# 1078, N# 88191
Drachm - Sanabares (Comprising Sakastan plus Turan until c.160 AD)
(135-160)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.94 g • ⌀ 19 mm
MIG# 1151, N# 191215
Tetradrachm - Gondophares with Maharaja Gadana "Orthagnes" nisada - 12 BC-130 AD (Province of Arachosia)
(25-35)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 8.5 g • ⌀ 25 mm
MIG# 1094, ISCH# 212.1, ISCH# 212.1T, N# 71372
Tetradrachm - Gondophares - 12 BC-130 AD (Province of Arachosia)
(25-55)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 9.4 g • ⌀ 27 mm
MIG# 1082, ISCH# 213, ISCH# 213.2T, JA Delhi# 13, N# 71370
Tetradrachm - Gondophares - 12 BC-130 AD (Province of Chach)
(30-55)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 9.9 g • ⌀ 22.14 mm
MIG# 1116, ISCH# 217.53T, ISCH# 217.33T, JA Delhi# 10, N# 71367
Tetradrachm - Gondophares - 12 BC-130 AD (mint of Taxila Sirsukh)
(30-55)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 9.9 g • ⌀ 24 mm
MIG# 1128, ISCH# 219.5T, N# 82363
Tetradrachm - Gondophares - 12 BC-130 AD (mint of Taxila Sirsukh)
(30-55)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 9.9 g • ⌀ 22 mm
MIG# 1129, ISCH# 220.11T, JA Delhi# 2, N# 71366
Tetradrachm - Sasan - 12 BC-130 AD (mint of Taxila Sirsukh)
(30-60)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 9.9 g • ⌀ 22 mm
MIG# 1125, N# 82402
Tetradrachm - Sasan - 12 BC-130 AD (mint of Taxila Sirsukh)
(35-60)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 9.8 g • ⌀ 20.5 mm
MIG# 1138, N# 107803
Tetradrachm - Abdagases I - 12 BC-130 AD (Province of Arachosia)
(55-110)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 8.5 g • ⌀ 22 mm
MIG# 1088, ISCH# 224.6, Mitch WI# 2551, ISCH# 224.1, N# 82364
Tetradrachm - Abdagases I - 12 BC-130 AD (Province of Arachosia)
(55-110)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 8.5 g • ⌀ 21 mm
MIG# 1090, ISCH# 225.1, N# 82365
Tetradrachm - Abdagases I - 12 BC-130 AD (Province of Chach)
(55-65)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 9 g • ⌀ 23 mm
MIG# 1119, ISCH# 228.10T, N# 71388
Tetradrachm - Abdagases I - 12 BC-130 AD (mint of Taxila Sirsukh)
(55-65)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 9.9 g • ⌀ 22 mm
MIG# 1140, ISCH# 229.32, Mitch WI# 2631, ISCH# 229.41T, JA Delhi# 5, N# 82401
Tetradrachm - Sarpedonus - 12 BC-130 AD (Province of Arachosia)
60

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 8.5 g
MIG# 1100, MIT# 2561, N# 85254

Persian Empires › Parthian Empire (247 BC - 224 AD) › Indo-Parthian Kingdom › Paratarajas dynasty • Drachm (247 BC-224 AD)

AR / AE / BI Tetradrachm (4) - AR / AE / BI Drachm (1) - AR Hemidrachm (½) - AE Tetrachalkous (¹⁄₁₆) - AE Dichalkous (¹⁄₂₄) - AE Chalkous (¹⁄₄₈)

Hemidrachm - Kozana
(200-220)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.71 g • ⌀ 12 mm
N# 398728

Persian Empires › Parthian Empire (247 BC - 224 AD) › Indo-Parthian Kingdom › Paratarajas dynasty • Unspecified currency

Drachm - Yolamira
(125-150)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.19 g • ⌀ 15 mm
N# 234588
Drachm - Hvaramira
(160-175)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.96 g • ⌀ 15 mm
N# 396605
Drachm - Mirahvara
(175-185)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.5 g • ⌀ 16 mm
N# 397370
Drachm - Miratakhma
(185-200)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.93 g • ⌀ 14 mm
N# 398488
Drachm - Bhimarjuna
(220-235)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.22 g
N# 401398
Drachm - Koziya
(230-270)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.39 g • ⌀ 14 mm
N# 216335
Hemidrachm - Arjuna
(150-160)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.71 g • ⌀ 12 mm
N# 394566
Drachm - Koziya
(235-265)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1 g • ⌀ 15 mm
N# 294549
Didrachm - Datarvharna
(265-280)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.43 g • ⌀ 20 mm
N# 405081

Persian Empires › Parthian Empire (247 BC - 224 AD) › Parthian Empire • Drachm (247 BC-224 AD)

AR Tetradrachm (4) - AR Drachm (1) - AR Hemidrachm (½) - AE Tetrachalkous (¹⁄₁₆) - AE Dichalkous (¹⁄₂₄) - AE Chalkous (¹⁄₄₈)

Chalkous - Mithradates I (Sellwood Type 8.2 - Hekatompylos)
(171 BC - 138 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.78 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Sellwood# 8.2, N# 275441
Chalkous - Phraates II (Sellwood Type 16.29 - Ekbatana)
(132 BC - 127 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.68 g • ⌀ 15 mm
N# 264872
Chalkous - Orodes I (Sellwood Type 31.23)
(90 BC - 80 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.26 g • ⌀ 12.58 mm
N# 46920
Chalkous - Phraataces and Musa (Sellwood Type 58.13)
(2 BC - 4 AD)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.68 g • ⌀ 15 mm
N# 40383
Chalkous - Artabanus II (Sellwood Type 61.12 variant)
(10-38)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.61 g • ⌀ 13.55 mm
N# 46889
Chalkous - Artabanus II (Sellwood Type 63.28 - Ecbatana)
(10-38)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.23 g • ⌀ 14.05 mm
N# 46887
Chalkous - Artabanus II (Sellwood Type 63.28 variant - Ecbatana)
(10-38)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.31 g • ⌀ 8.5 mm
N# 46894
Chalkous - Vologases I (Type #43)
(51-78)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.3 g • ⌀ 11 mm
N# 56038
Chalkous - Vologases III (Sellwood Type 78.24)
(105-147)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.2 g • ⌀ 12 mm
Sellwood# 78.24, N# 342616
Dichalkous - Mithradates II (Sellwood Type 24.37 -Rhagae)
(121 BC - 91 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.9 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Sellwood# 24.37, N# 295743
Dichalkous - Orodes II (Sellwood Type 45.40)
(57 BC - 38 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.09 g • ⌀ 14.35 mm
N# 46919
Dichalkous - Orodes II (Sellwood Type 45.42 - Ecbatana)
(57 BC - 38 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 0.99 g • ⌀ 10 mm
N# 46918
Dichalkous - Orodes II (Sellwood Type 45)
(57 BC - 38 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.66 g • ⌀ 10.75 mm
N# 46893
Dichalkous - Phraates IV (Sellwood Type 51.8 - Mithradatkart)
(37 BC - 2 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.78 g • ⌀ 15 mm
N# 264888
Dichalkous - Vologases III
444 (132)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.94 g
Sellwood# 79/48, N# 378681
Dichalkous - Vologases IV
459 (147)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 3.98 g
Sellwood# 84/136, N# 378682
Dichalkous - Vologases V (Sellwood Type 87.27 - Seleucia)
(191-208)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.16 g • ⌀ 16 mm
N# 264911
Tetrachalkous - Sinatruces (Gotarzes I - Sellwood type 33)
(95 BC - 90 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.3 g • ⌀ 15.6 mm
Sellwood# 33, N# 340297
Tetrachalkous - Orodes II (Sellwood Type 45)
(57 BC - 38 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.58 g • ⌀ 13.2 mm
N# 46888
Tetrachalkon - Vologases IV
(147-191)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 6.97 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Sellwood# 84.134, BMC Parth# 96, N# 378680
Hemidrachm - Arsaces I (Sellwood Type 1 - Nisa)
(247 BC - 211 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.90 g
N# 90149
Drachm - Phraates III

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.41 g
Sellwood# 36.7, N# 371526
Drachm - Arsakes XVI (Orodes I)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.90 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Sellwood# 30.15, N# 380190

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