What currency was used in ancient Persia?

By the time of Pērōz (459-84), however, the Roman denarius aureus (the Byzantine gold solidus) had become the dominant trade coin in western Asia (Göbl, 1971, p. 28). The main currency of Sasanian Persia was in fact the silver drahm (

What was the first gold coin minted by the Persian dynasty?

The Persian daric was the first gold coin which, along with a similar silver coin, the siglos (from Ancient Greek: σίγλος, Hebrew: שֶׁקֶל, shékel) represented the first bimetallic monetary standard. It seems that before the Persians issued their own coinage, a continuation of Lydian coinage under Persian rule is likely.

When did Persian coins come out?

After the Persian Empire was overthrown by Alexander the Great, Persian coin designs were adopted by Greek kings in the region of Babylon. This gold daric dates to circa 331 to 311 B.C. Images courtesy of Classical Numismatic Group. One of the great civilizations of the ancient world was that of the Achaemenid Persians.