Ancient Persian Coins

Teispes of Anshan 7th Century son of Achaemenes, King of Anshan Cyrus I Late 7th / early 6th Century son of Teispes, King of Ansh...

Minting and mint cities of the Achaemenids The central problem of identifying different mint cities can be solved only thro...

The coinage of the Achaemenid Empire was a continuation of the coins of Lydia.The Persians, like the Medes and Babylonians, were unfamili...

Roman nobles, fascinated by Greek culture, collected Greek coins  and  antiquities during the reign of Augustus Caesar, when the art and sc...