Coins of the kings of the Achaemenid state (522-359 BC) Historical study

Abstract

       Cyrus II (559-529 BC) founded the Achaemenid Empire, which expanded politically and economically during the reign of Darius I (522-486 BC) which made many changes in his empire, as he was the first to mint and mint coins in his name. The Achaemenid kings, in fact, help us a lot in understanding the administrative and financial system in ancient Iran. Most of the historical sources mention that the Achaemenid gold coins were called (the Darik) and the silver was called (the shekel). Trade with neighboring countries and the payment of dues to mercenary soldiers was in shekels, which weighed about 5/6 grams. , and our research tagged with the coins of the Achaemenid kings (522-359 BC) includes a historical study, an introduction, a prelude and three sections, the first of which was devoted to an overview of the coins of the Achaemenid kings. The third of them is the coins of the satraps of the Achaemenid era (the dependent kings and rulers) who minted coins in their regions by order of the central government. The research also included the conclusions reached by the researchers as well as a list of sources and references. The two researchers questioned their information from a large number of Persian books and references, as well as a number of English and Arabic books.