Achaemenid coinage system

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ancient monetary system coinage system

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Achaemenid coinage 2
Achaemenid coinage system canonical 1
Achaemenid monetary reforms 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 ⓘ

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daric → denominationOf → Achaemenid coinage system ⓘ
Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt → currency → Achaemenid coinage system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaemenid coinage
Persian satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia → currencyUsed → Achaemenid coinage system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaemenid coinage
siglos (Achaemenid silver coin) → historicalContext → Achaemenid coinage system ⓘ
subject surface form: siglos
this entity surface form: Achaemenid monetary reforms
siglos (Achaemenid silver coin) → category → Achaemenid coinage system ⓘ
subject surface form: siglos
this entity surface form: Achaemenid numismatics