Achaemenid coinage system
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The Achaemenid coinage system was the monetary framework of the Persian Empire, centered on standardized gold darics and silver sigloi that facilitated imperial taxation, trade, and military payments across its vast territories.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Achaemenid coinage | 2 |
| Achaemenid coinage system canonical | 1 |
| Achaemenid monetary reforms | 1 |
| Achaemenid numismatics | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient monetary system
ⓘ
coinage system ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Persepolis Treasury tablets
ⓘ
surface form:
Persepolis Fortification Tablets
|
| coreGoldCoin | daric ⓘ |
| coreSilverCoin | siglos ⓘ |
| economicRole |
facilitated imperial integration
ⓘ
standardized high-value payments ⓘ supported mercenary armies ⓘ |
| endTime | late 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Western Asia ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical antiquity ⓘ |
| influenced |
Greek coinage
ⓘ
Hellenistic coinage ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Lydian coinage ⓘ |
| introducedUnder |
Darius I of Persia
ⓘ
surface form:
Darius I
|
| issuer |
Achaemenid administration
ⓘ
surface form:
Achaemenid central administration
satrapal authorities ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions |
Aramaic (occasionally)
ⓘ
Greek (in some satrapal issues) ⓘ |
| metalUsed |
bronze
ⓘ
gold ⓘ silver ⓘ |
| partOf |
Achaemenid administration
ⓘ
surface form:
Achaemenid imperial administration
|
| primaryDenomination |
gold daric
ⓘ
silver siglos ⓘ |
| regulates |
metal fineness
ⓘ
weight standards ⓘ |
| standardized |
gold daric
ⓘ
silver siglos ⓘ |
| startTime | late 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| symbolicAssociation |
imperial ideology
ⓘ
royal authority ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
bullion payments
ⓘ
in-kind payments ⓘ local coinages ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Empire
|
| usedFor |
administrative payments
ⓘ
imperial taxation ⓘ long-distance trade ⓘ military payments ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Achaemenid coinage
this entity surface form:
Achaemenid coinage
subject surface form:
siglos
this entity surface form:
Achaemenid monetary reforms
subject surface form:
siglos
this entity surface form:
Achaemenid numismatics