Short notes: Coins of Daryush – I - Vidyadip

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Short notes: Coins of Daryush – I

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Daryush-I issued coins with his own portrait on it. The gold coins issued by him were known as ‘Darik’ and silver coins were known as ‘siglos’.
A portrait of Daryush-I holding a bow and arrow can be seen on these coins.
One ‘Darik’ was equivalent to 12 ‘sigloi’ in value.

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