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  • Collection: Achaemenid Persian coins

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The obverse of the coin is an image of Darius the Great, King of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, holding a lance while running. This depiction of the king shows him as heroic, as a fearsome warrior who had recently conquered the area from Greekā€¦
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