Silver coin of the Achaemenid satraps, 559 BC - 330 BC

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2019-09

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Ohio State University. Middle East Studies Center

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FRONT: Image of a silver coin of the Achaemenid satraps depicting the face of a man.
REVERSE: Image of a silver coin of the Achaemenid satraps depicting a ship on the water.
COIN: Silver Coin of satraps of the Achaemenid. Front: the face of a man. Back of the coin: the image of the ship on the water. Thickness (2 mm) diameter (2 cm). Achaemenid 559 BC - 330 BC. Malek National Library and Museum Institution, Tehran, Iran.
IMAGE SOURCE: Mahnaz Bagheri, Curator, Malek National Museum, Tehran, Iran.

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Achaemenid Empire

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