bgr_800757 - PERSIS - KINGDOM OF PERSIS - DARIUS I Drachme
280.00 €(Approx. 324.80$ | 243.60£)
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 150 avant J.-C.
Mint name / Town : Persépolis, Perside
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan globulaire, centré, stylisé au revers, à l’usure régulière. Patine de collection ancienne
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Darius à droite, coiffée du bonnet satrapal surmonté d’un croissant.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE ARAMÉENNE.
Reverse description : Autel du feu, richement décoré ; au-dessus Ahura-Mazda ; de chaque côté, le roi à gauche, un oiseau posé sur une enseigne à droite.
Commentary
Poids très léger. Revers fortement stylisé. Au droit, l’oreille du monarque à la forme d’une esse.
Very light weight. Strongly stylized reverse. On the right, the monarch's ear is shaped like an esse
Very light weight. Strongly stylized reverse. On the right, the monarch's ear is shaped like an esse
Historical background
PERSIS - KINGDOM OF PERSIS - DARIUS I
(2nd century BC)
La Perside seems to have played an important role in the history of the Achaemenid Empire. Persepolis was one of the capitals of the Empire. La Perside kept a certain autonomy under the Macedonian domination which was perpetuated under the Parthians. The founder of the dynasty seems to have been Bagadate at the end of the 3rd century BC. It seems that Darius I was a contemporary of the Parthian king, Mithradates I (171-138 BC). The descendants of the monarchs of Perside seized the Parthian throne in order to found a new dynasty, the Sassanids.
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