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The Achaemenid Empire at its greatest extent.[1][2][3][4]

TheAchaemenid Empireissued coins from 520 BC–450 BC to 330 BC. The Persiandaricwas the firstgold coinwhich, along with a similar silver coin, thesiglos(fromAncient Greek:σίγλος,Hebrew:שֶׁקֶל,shékel) represented the firstbimetallicmonetary standard.[5]It seems that before the Persians issued their own coinage, a continuation ofLydiancoinage under Persian rule is likely. Achaemenid coinage includes the official imperial issues (Darics and Sigloi), as well as coins issued by the Achaemenid provincial governors (satraps), such as those stationed inAsia Minor.

Early coinage of Western Asia under the Achaemenid Empire

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See also:Croeseid
Coin type ofCroesus,theCroeseid,minted in Lydia, under the rule ofCyrus the GreattoDarius I.Circa 545–520. It only weighs 8.06 g, compared to the standard 10.7 grams of the Croeseid.[6]
Lyciacoin, with obverse bull protome and reverse incuse punch mark using a geometrical motif, circa 520-470 BC

WhenCyrus the Great(550–530 BC) came to power, coinage was unfamiliar in his realm. Barter, and to some extent silverbullion,was used instead for trade.[7]The practice of using silver bars for currency also seems to have been current inCentral Asiafrom the 6th century.[8]

Cyrus the Great introduced coins to the Persian Empire after 546 BC, following his conquest ofLydiaand the defeat of its kingCroesus,whose fatherAlyatteshad put in place the first coinage in history.[7]With his conquest of Lydia, Cyrus acquired a region in which coinage was invented, developed through advanced metallurgy, and had already been in circulation for about 50 years, making the Lydian Kingdom one of the leading trade powers of the time.[7]

It seems that Cyrus initially adopted the Lydian coinage as such, and continued to strike Lydia's lion-and-bullCroeseidcoinage.[7]Thestatercoins had a weight of 10.7 grams, a standard initially created by Croesus, which was then adopted by the Persians and became commonly known as the "Persic standard".[9]The Persians also minted posthumous Croeseid half-staters, with a weight of 5.35 g, which would become the weight standard for the later Sigloi, introduced at the end of the 6th century BC.[9][10]

Soon after 546, Cyrus also had full control ofAsia Minor,including other regions suchLycia,CariaorIonia,following the conquests of his generalHarpagus.[11]With the conquest of Lydia and the adoption of Lydian coinage, the nascent Achaemenid Empire thus obtained access to the most modern coinage of its time and the economic power that goes with it.[12]The mint was located inSardis,now capital of all the westernsatrapiesof the Achaemenid Empire, and continued minted operation under Cyrus.[12]This coinage would supply the western part of the Achaemenid Empire.[12]

Technically, these early coins usedincusepunches on the reverse, while the obverse die would consist in some pictorial design ( "die and punch" technique, rather than the later "two dies" technique).[13]The Lydian coins used double punches on the reserve, a technique which would be simplified in the time of Darius by using a single reverse punch on some coinage.[12]Some of the earliest Lycian coins under the Achaemenids also used an animal design on the obverse and incuse punches on the reverse, which developed into geometrical forms, such as two diagonals between projecting rectangular lugs.[14][15]

  • Coin of Phaselis, Lycia. Circa 550-530/20 BC
    Coin ofPhaselis,Lycia. Circa 550-530/20 BC
  • Coin of Lycia. Circa 520-470/60 BC
    Coin of Lycia. Circa 520-470/60 BC
  • Lycia coin. Circa 520-470 BC. Struck with worn obverse die[16]
    Lycia coin. Circa 520-470 BC. Struck with worn obverse die[16]
  • Coin of Lesbos, Ionia. Circa 510-480 BC
    Coin ofLesbos,Ionia.Circa 510-480 BC
  • Lycia coin, with lion and Pegasus in circle, circa 480-460 BC
    Lycia coin, with lion andPegasusin circle, circa 480-460 BC

Apadana hoard (c.515 BC)

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Main article:Apadana hoard
Coin types of the Apadana hoard
GoldCroeseids
Aeginastater
Abderacoin

As late as the time of the foundation of theApadana PalaceinPersepolis(dated to between 519 and 510 BC), it seems that the Achaemenids had not yet designed the Sigloi and Darics: no coins of these types were found in theApadana hoarddiscovered under the palace's foundation stones, whereas the hoard contained several gold Croeseids of the light type from Sardis (probably minted under the rule of Darius I) and several imported Archaic Greek silver staters.[17]

Darics and Sigloi

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Main article:Persian daric
Daric gold coin (c.490 BC)

The coinage of the Achaemenid Empire started to move away from simply copying Lydian coinage, to introducing changes with the reign ofDarius I(ruled 522-486 BC).[12]Under Darius I, the minting ofCroeseidsinSardiswas progressively replaced by the minting of Darics and Sigloi.[12]

From around 510-500 BC,[12]Darius then simplified the coining procedure by replacing the double reverse punch of Lydian coins, by a single, oblong reverse punch, and he introduced the image of the Persian king in place of the lion and bull design.[12]This is deduced from the fact that no Darics or Sigloi were found in theApadana hoard,under theApadanafoundation stones of theApadana PalaceinPersepolis(dated to between 519 and 510 BC), whereas there were gold Croeseids of the light type and Greek silver staters.[17]But by around 500 BC, a clay tablet, issued in year 22 of the reign of Darius I (circa 500 BC), contained the impression on clay of two Type II Sigloi ( "King shooting arrow" ), showing that the new Sigloi had already been issued by that date.[18][19]Because of these and other discoveries, the creation of the Darics and Sigloi is dated to the last decade of the 6th century BC, during the reign ofDarius I.[17]

The new Achaemenid coins were initially only made in silver, while the Lydian gold design of theCroesuswas maintained.[12]Then, Darius introduced his new design for gold coins as well, which came to be known as Darics, fromOld PersianDaruiyaka,meaning "Golden".[12]Although the Achaemenids had developed their own currency, they still accepted local monetary production including civic issues, throughout the land under their control, in particular inWestern Asia.[20]

According to numismatMartin Price,there is no doubt that the Darics and Sigloi of Types I and II were minted atSardisand immediately followed the production of theCroeseids,since they adopted similar weights and were of the same fabric.[21]He insists that the finds of the Croeseids and the "Archer" types of Darics and Sigloi indicate that they were not an Imperial coinage, but rather the coinage of the Satrapy of Lydia.[21]

Minting activity
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Throughout the period of theAchaemenid Empire,it seems the Darics and Sigloi were exclusively minted inSardis,Lydia(modernTurkey), where they replaced the original production of theCroeseids.[22]

Although the Achaemenids fully exploited and developed coinage production in Western Asia, it seemsbarter economyremained quite important in the Iranian heartland throughout the Achaemenid period, and the Achaemenids did not develop their own mints in Iran.[12]At the same time, the circulation of the Daric was mainly confined to the Western part of the Achaemenid Empire.[12]The minting of coins in Iran would only start later from circa 330 BC underAlexander the Greatand theSeleucid Empire.[12]

It seems that all the minting activity for the Darics and the Sigloi for the whole Empire was essentially centralized in one mint, or possibly two mints atSardisinLycia.[23]Sardis remained the central mint for the Persian Darics and Sigloi of Achaemenid coinage, and there is no evidence of other mints for the new Achaemenid coins during the whole time of the Achaemenid Empire.[22]According to hoard finds, Sardis was clearly the main mint, but there may also have been secondary mints in southwestern and northwesternAsia Minoras well.[24]

Overall, it seems that the minting of Darics and Sigloi was rather small in quantity compared to the other local productions of coins in Asia Minor, or the circulation of Greek coins in the area.[25]Although the gold Daric became an international currency which was found throughout the Ancient world, the circulation of the silver Sigloi remained very much limited to Asia Minor: important hoards of Sigloi are only found in these areas, and finds of Sigloi beyond are always very limited and marginal compared to Greek coins, even in Achaemenid territories.[22]

Standards
The first type of Siglos (Type I: "King with bow and arrows", upper body of the king only), from the time of Darius I. Circa 520-505 BC
Type II Daric ( "King shooting arrow" ) temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. There are no Type I coins known in Darics (only in Sigloi).[26]
Achaemenidbimetallicequivalence: 1 gold Daric was equivalent in value to 20 silver Sigloi. Under the Achaemenids the exchange rate in weight between gold and silver was 1 to 13.[26]

Darius introduced the reformedcurrencysystem from about 510-500 BC,[12]consisting of gold Darics and silver Sigloi. The rate of exchange was 1 Daric = 20 Siglos. A Daric was between 8.10 and 8.50 grams in weight, based on theBabylonianshekelof 8.33 grams, slightly heavier than the Croesus standard of 8.06 grams.[12]The purity of gold was between 98 and 99%. 1 Daric = 25AtticDrachmae.It represented initially about 1 month of a soldier's wage.[27]This new coin became popular throughout all of the ancient world for more than 150 years.[12]Around 395 BC, the Achaemenids, led by SatrapPharnabazes,bribed Greek states by paying them tens of thousands of Darics in order to attackSparta,which was then waging a campaign of destruction inAsia MinorunderAgesilaus.This started theCorinthian War.According toPlutarch,Agesilaus, the Spartan king, said upon leaving Asia "I have been driven out by 10,000 Persian archers", a reference to "Archers" (Toxotai) the Greek nickname for theDaricsfrom their obverse design, because that much money had been paid to politicians in Athens and Thebes in order to start a war against Sparta.[28][27][29]

The Siglos was 5.40-5.60 grams each, based on the 0.5 Lydian Siglos of 10.73-10.92 grams for the full unit. Purity was at first issue 97-98% but by the middle 4th century was 94-95%. 1 Siglos = 7.5 AtticObols.

Although the area ofBabylonhad never minted Darics or Sigloi, after the capture ofBabylonbyAlexander,theSatrapMazaeus,reconfirmed by Alexander in his position for having opened the doors ofBabylonto his armies after theBattle of Gaugamela,issued the double Daric of 16.65 grams in weight whose image was based on the Daric coin and bore his name until his death in 328 BC.[30]

  • Siglos Type I ("King with bow and arrows"), from the time of Darius I. Circa 520-505 BC
    Siglos Type I ( "King with bow and arrows" ), from the time of Darius I. Circa 520-505 BC
  • Siglos Type II ("King shooting arrow"), time of Darius I to Xerxes I, circa 505-480 BC
    Siglos Type II ( "King shooting arrow" ), time of Darius I to Xerxes I, circa 505-480 BC
  • Siglos Type III ("King running with lance"), from the time of Xerxes and after.
    Siglos Type III ( "King running with lance" ), from the time ofXerxesand after.
  • Siglos Type IV ("King running with dagger"), temp. Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III, circa 375-340 BC.
    Siglos Type IV ( "King running with dagger" ), temp.Artaxerxes IItoArtaxerxes III,circa 375-340 BC.
  • Type II Daric ("King shooting arrow") temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC.[26]
    Type II Daric ( "King shooting arrow" ) temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC.[26]
  • Daric Type III ("King running with lance") gold coin (mid-4th century BC)
    Daric Type III ( "King running with lance" ) gold coin (mid-4th century BC)
  • Daric Type IV ("King running with dagger"), temp. Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III, circa 375-340 BC. (15mm, 8.33 g)
    Daric Type IV ( "King running with dagger" ), temp.Artaxerxes IItoArtaxerxes III,circa 375-340 BC. (15mm, 8.33 g)
  • Double Daric minted, well after the conquests of Alexander the Great, in Babylon circa 322-315 BC.
    Double Daric minted, well after the conquests ofAlexander the Great,inBabyloncirca 322-315 BC.
Design
Contemporary depiction of an Achaemenid king, here killing a Greekhoplite.Impression of acylinder seal,engraved circa 500 BC–475 BC, at the time ofXerxes I.Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Archer type ofHerakleson a late 6th - early 5th century coin ofCyprus(Apadana hoard,left), and archer type on an Achaemenid Type II Siglos (right).

The "archer" type used in Achaemenid coinage may have been derived from similar and contemporary images on Greek coinage, in particular those ofHeraklesshooting arrows.[31][32]The adaptation of this design for the illustration of the Achaemenid king or hero on the obverse may have been meant as a way to glorify the king, in way a which was easily understandable to the Hellenized people in the Western areas of the Achaemenid Empire, who minted the Achaemenid coinage and to whom this coinage was mainly destined as a currency.[31][32]Other depictions of the king as an archer (for example shooting from his charriot) are also known fromSumerian art,so this representation would also have been natural to subjects in the Achaemenid realm as well.[31][32]The "archer" type of Type II, less hieratic and rigid than the traditional Achaemenid illustration of the bust of the king on Type I, may represent the fusion of the Eastern conception of the King as a royal hunter, and the Western conception of the King as a hero, and designed to represent the Achaemenid king as an Olympian contestant in a propaganda effort towards the West.[31][32]These depictions also imply that the Achaemenids were the first ever to illustrate the person of their king on coinage.[31]

Extent
The gold Stater ofPhilip II of Macedon(ruled 359–336 BC) was the first true competition for the Achaemenid Daric. It was calledDareikos Philippeios( "Philip's Daric" ) by the Greeks

In effect, the gold Daric became a currency desired in all the ancient world, since it was the most convenient format to exchange and accumulate wealth.[23]The Greeks never minted much gold, but their silver Atheniantetradrachmsalso became a sort of world currency from the 5th century BC.[23]The first important competition against the prestigious Daric, as a means of storing wealth and making large payments on an international scale, came later fromPhilip II of Macedon(ruled 359–336 BC), when he issued his own gold coinage, pointedly calledDareikos Philippeiosby the Greeks.[23]

Archaeological finds

Dariccoins have been found inAsia Minor,Greece,MacedoniaandItaly.The Siglos denomination have been found in hoards only in Asia Minor, and single coins with other Greek coinage fromAncient EgypttoAfghanistan(Kabul hoard) andPakistan(Shaikhan Dehri hoard).[23]

Circulation of Greek coinage throughout the Empire

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See also:Kabul hoard,Shaikhan Dehri hoard,andGhazzat hoard
Coin of the Achaemenid satrap of EgyptSabakes,in imitation of the Atheniantetradrachm.Circa 340-333 BC.Achaemenid Egypt.
Easternhacksilberfrom the AchaemenidLevant,including jewelry and Greek coins, 425-420 BCE

In all the known hoards of the Achaemenid period, royal Achaemenid coinage, such as the sigloi, form actually a small minority, while most of the non-local coinage generally comes from the Greek realm, either from the independent Greek mainland or from the Greek colonies of Western Asia under the Achaemenid rule.[33]For example, theKabul hoard,in modern-dayAfghanistan,included 30 coins from various Greek cities, about 33Athenian coinsand an Iranian imitation of an Athenian coin, only 9 royal Achaemenid silver coins (sigloi). There were also 29 locally minted coins and 14punch-marked coinsin the shape of bent bars.[34][35]

Some Achaemenid satraps are also known to have minted coins in imitation of Athenian coinage, such as the satrap of EgyptSabakes(ruled circa 340-333 BCE). An Achaemenid copy of an Athenian coin, this time found in theKabul hoard,was minted in the vicinity ofBabyloncirca 380 BC.

The fact that Greek coins (bothArchaicand early Classical) are comparatively numerous in Achaemenid period coin hoards, much more numerous than sigloi, suggests that the circulation of Greek coinage was central in the monetary system of the Empire.[36]These coins were probably not legal tenders in the Achaemenid Empire, but were valued for their weight in silver, and thus used asbullionsilver. Numerous finds ofhacksilberhoards in the East also exist from the period, in which various silver objects, including coins, are cut into pieces, in order to facilitate their exchange on the basis of their weight.[37]

Greek coinage travelled throughout the Achaemenid Empire. For example, the Greek coins discovered in theKabul hoardinclude the following types:

Coinage of Southern Asia under the Achaemenid Empire

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See also:Achaemenid conquest of the Indus ValleyandCoinage of India
Eastern border of theAchaemenid Empireand ancient kingdoms and cities ofancient India(circa 500 BCE).[43][44][45]

The Achaemenid Empire already reached the doors ofIndiaduring the original expansion ofCyrus the Great,and theAchaemenid conquest of the Indus Valleyis dated to circa 515 BC underDarius I.[7]An Achaemenid administration was established in the area. TheKabul hoard,also called the Chaman Hazouri hoard,[46]is a coin hoard discovered in the vicinity ofKabul,Afghanistan,containing numerousAchaemenidcoins as well as manyGreekcoins from the 5th and 4th centuries BC.[47]The deposit of the hoard is dated to the Achaemenid period, in approximately 380 BC.[48]The hoard also contained many locally produced silver coins, minted by local authorities under Achaemenid rule.[25]Several of these issues follow the "western designs" of the facing bull heads, a stag, or Persian column capitals on the obverse, and incuse punch on the reverse.[25][49]

According to numismatistJoe Cribb,these finds suggest that the idea of coinage and the use of punch-marked techniques was introduced to India from the Achaemenid Empire during the 4th century BC.[50]More Achaemenid coins were also found inPushkalavatiand inBhir Mound.[51][52]

Later Satrapal issues

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Coin of the Achaemenid dynast of Lycia,Kherei,withAthenaon the obverse, and himself wearing the Persian cap on the reverse. Circa 440/30-410 BCE
Coin ofMazaios.Satrap ofCilicia,361/0-334 BC.Tarsos,Cilicia

During the 4th century, following the weakening of central Achaemenid power, and the development of coinage technologies, Siglos production receded and numerous satrapal issues of a very high quality started to appear in Western Asia under the Achaemenid Empire.[25]These issues combined Achaemenid as well as Greek characteristics. Throughout, coin circulation was characterized by a mix of coins from the Achaemenid and Greek realms.[25]

Various Achaemenid satraps also issued imitations of Athenian tetradrachms, such asSabakesinEgypt.

First attempts at portraiture

Although many of the first coins ofAntiquitywere illustrated with the images of various gods or symbols, the first ever portraiture of actual rulers appears with these Achaemenid satrapal issues in the 5th century BC, in particular with the coinage ofLycia.[55][56]The Achaemenids had been the first to illustrate the person of their king or a hero in a stereotypical manner, showing a bust or the full body, but never an actual portrait, on theirSigloiandDariccoinage from circa 500 BC.[56][31][32]Before the Lycian coins with dynastic portraits, a slightly earlier candidate for the first portrait isThemistocles,the Athenian general who became a Governor ofMagnesia on the Meanderfor the Achaemenid Empire circa 465-459 BC,[57][58]although there is some doubt that his coins may have representedZeusrather than himself.[59]Themistocles may have been in a unique position in which he could transfer the notion of individualportraiture,already current in the Greek world, and at the same time wield the dynastic power of an Achaemenid dynast who could issue his own coins and illustrate them as he wished.[60]From the time ofAlexander the Great,portraiture of the issuing ruler would then become a standard, generalized, feature of coinage.[56]

  • Coin of Themistocles as Achaemenid Governor of Magnesia. Rev: Letters ΘΕ, initials of Themistocles. Circa 465-459 BC
    Coin ofThemistoclesas Achaemenid Governor ofMagnesia.Rev:Letters ΘΕ, initials ofThemistocles.Circa 465-459 BC
  • Baaltars on a throne (obverse) and head of Ares (reverse), on a double shekel of Pharnabazus II (380-375 BC)
    Baaltarson a throne (obverse) and head ofAres(reverse), on a doubleshekelofPharnabazus II(380-375 BC)
  • Coin of Perikles, last king of Lycia under the Achaemenids. Circa 380-360 BC
    Coin ofPerikles,last king of Lycia under the Achaemenids. Circa 380-360 BC
  • Western Asia Satrap of the Achaemenid Period. Probably Tiribazos. Early 4th century BC
    Western Asia Satrap of the Achaemenid Period. ProbablyTiribazos.Early 4th century BC

After the conquests of Alexander the Great

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Coin of Balacrus, as Satrap ofAlexander the GreatinCilicia,withBaalon the obverse.Tarsos,333-323 BC
Tetradrachm ofAlexander the Greatwith seatedZeuson the reverse,Tarsos,Cilicia,323 BC.

After his conquest of theAchaemenid Empire,Alexander the Greatestablished his own satraps in the conquered territories, some of them Achaemenids who had been favorable to the invader, such asMazaios,others some of Alexander's closest supports, such asBalacrus.Several satraps continued to use an Achaemenid type for their coinage, such asBalacruswhen he became Hellenistic satrap ofCilicia,complete with the local deity of Tarsus,Baal.[61]This coinage is said to have later influenced Alexander's imperial coinage, which was often minted in the same mints.[61]

Double Daric (16.65 g). Babylon mint, struck circa 315-300-298 BC

Even many years after the death of Alexander, Achaemenid gold darics continued to be minted inBabylon,at the same time as Alexandrine imperial issues were minted. Some of these issues are dated to circa 315-300/298 BC. These darics continued to use the Achaemenid type, but the reverse was slightly modified to include wavy patterns.[62][63]

See also

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Numismatics
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Currency
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Fictional currencies
Proposed currencies
History of money
Historical currencies
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Production
Collection
Coin collecting
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Scripophily

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  40. ^Kabul hoard Coins No.7-8inDaniel SchlumbergerTrésors Monétaires d'Afghanistan (1953)
  41. ^ab"The 1933 Cabul hoard pub-lished by Schlumberger consisted of over 115 coins, with significant overlap with the Malayer hoard. Athens again is the largest group, with 33 recorded tetradrachms compared to eight sigloi. In addition to the worn archaic stater of Aegina, a fragmentary stater of Thasos and a worn Chiot stater may be archaic. There are two well-preserved early classical tetradrachms from Acanthus and an early classical stater of Corcyra. Again there is a significant Levantine component represented by coins from Pamphylia, Cilicia and Cyprus, though nothing from Phoenicia. The early Cilician coins probably date the hoard slightly later than the Malayer hoard." inKagan, Jonathan.ARCHAIC GREEK COINS EAST OF THE TIGRIS.p. 230.
  42. ^Kabul hoard 31-32-33
  43. ^Philip's Atlas of World History(1999)
  44. ^O'Brien, Patrick Karl (2002).Atlas of World History.Oxford University Press. p. 43.ISBN9780195219210.
  45. ^Barraclough, Geoffrey (1989).The Times Atlas of World History.Times Books. p. 79.ISBN9780723009061.
  46. ^Bopearachchi, Coin Production and Circulation 2000,pp. 300–301
  47. ^abcBopearachchi & Cribb, Coins illustrating the History of the Crossroads of Asia 1992,pp. 57–59: "The most important and informative of these hoards is the Chaman Hazouri hoard from Kabul discovered in 1933, which contained royal Achaemenid sigloi from the western part of the Achaemenid Empire, together with a large number of Greek coins dating from the fifth and early fourth century BC, including a local imitation of an Athenian tetradrachm, all apparently taken from circulation in the region."
  48. ^Bopearachchi, Coin Production and Circulation 2000,p. 309 and Note 65
  49. ^André-Salvini, Béatrice (2005).Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia.University of California Press. p. 208 Coin no.381 for the Persian column capitals.ISBN9780520247314.
  50. ^Cribb, Investigating the introduction of coinage in India 1983,p. 101
  51. ^372. Lot: 658, Lot of two AR bent bars,CNG Coins
  52. ^Bopearachchi & Cribb, Coins illustrating the History of the Crossroads of Asia 1992,pp. 57–59: "Silver bent-bar punch-marked coin of Kabul region under the Achaemenid Empire, c.350 BC: Coins of this type found in quantity in Chaman Hazouri and Bhir Mound hoards." (Commentary byJoe CribbandOsmund Bopearachchi)
  53. ^"Extremely Rare Early Silver from the Kabul Valley", CNG 102, Lot:649,CNG Coins
  54. ^Bopearachchi & Cribb, Coins illustrating the History of the Crossroads of Asia 1992,pp. 57–59: "Coins of this type found in Chaman Hazouri (deposited c.350 BC) and Bhir Mound hoards (deposited c.300 BC)." (Commentary byJoe CribbandOsmund Bopearachchi)
  55. ^"The earliest attempts at portraiture appear to have taken place in Lycia. The heads of various dynasts appear on coins of the fifth century"Carradice, Ian (1978).Ancient Greek Portrait Coins.British Museum Publications. p. 2.ISBN9780714108490.
  56. ^abcWest, Shearer; Birmingham), Shearer (2004).Portraiture.OUP Oxford. p. 68.ISBN9780192842589.
  57. ^"A rare silver fraction recently identified as a coin of Themistocles from Magnesia even has a bearded portrait of the great man, making it by far the earliest datable portrait coin. Other early portraits can be seen on the coins of Lycian dynasts."Carradice, Ian; Price, Martin (1988).Coinage in the Greek World.Seaby. p. 84.ISBN9780900652820.
  58. ^Stieber, Mary (2010).The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai.University of Texas Press. pp. 98–99.ISBN9780292773493.
  59. ^Rhodes, P. J. (2011).A History of the Classical Greek World: 478 - 323 BC.John Wiley & Sons. p. 58.ISBN9781444358582.
  60. ^Howgego, Christopher (2002).Ancient History from Coins.Routledge. p. 64.ISBN9781134877843.
  61. ^abMildenberg, Leo (2000)."On the so-called satrapal coinage".Publications de l'Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes.12(1): 10 and Note 8.
  62. ^CNG: PERSIA. Alexandrine Empire. Circa 331-288/7 BC. AV Double Daric (16.65 g). Babylon mint. Struck circa 315-300/298 BC.
  63. ^"At Babylon or other Eastern mints were issued also certain groups of Alexandrine coins which can be identified by means of the symbols and monograms which they bear in common with the double darics" inMedals, Department of Coins and (2005).Catalogue of the Greek coins in The British Museum.Рипол Классик. p. 143.ISBN9785872102076.

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