bgr_1016812 - ACHAEMENID KINGDOM Sicle
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Type : Sicle
Date: c. 400-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain, Phénicie ?
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,37 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Apollon à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Feuille de lierre.
Historical background
ACHAEMENID KINGDOM
(5th-4th century BC)
After the conquest of the kingdom of Lydia in 546 BC, Cyrus maintained the coinage of Croesus. It was only under Darius I that the king created a new silver coin, the shekel. The Persian mine contained 60 shekels of silver. The Persian gold daric was worth 60 shekels and kept the weight of the Lydian hemistater, approximately 5.40 g. As the daric weighed approximately 8.40 g, we have a Gold/Ar ratio, 1:13, very close to that established by the Lydians.
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