WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The Persian Empire’s standard gold coin was the daric, named after Darius the Great (521-486 BC).

Detailed explanation-2: -The new Achaemenid coins were initially only made in silver, while the Lydian gold design of the Croesus was maintained. Then, Darius introduced his new design for gold coins as well, which came to be known as Darics, from Old Persian Daruiyaka, meaning “Golden".

Detailed explanation-3: -The main denomination of the Sasanians, introduced by King Ardashir I ( r. 224–242) and inherited from the Parthians, was the silver drachm (Middle Persian: drahm). It is a large thin coin (a novelty at the time) that weighs about 4 grams, with a diameter of 25-30 mm.

Detailed explanation-4: -Persia possesses a number of gold sources within its borders; at times, gold resources from outside Persia were also important to production. Gold sources in Afghanistan are located in Badaḵšān, which is also the source region for lapis lazuli and, possibly, tin (Stech and Pigott, pp. 45-46).

Detailed explanation-5: -Darius seems to have introduced the first distinctive Persian coinage in about 520 B.C., with silver coins of a denomination called a siglos. It showed a bearded, crowned archer-most likely the king, but often described as a “royal hero”-seen from the waist up in a very stiff pose.