A cache of fifth-century BC Persian gold coins was discovered in Notion, Turkey, ... including the gold darics and silver sigloi. The Achaemenid Persian Empire, ...

Silver coins were more commonly used for daily expenses, such as going to the store. Those were known as Persian silver sigloi , 20 of which would equate to one gold coin.

A cache of fifth-century BC Persian gold coins was discovered in Notion, Turkey, revealing insights into ancient life and conflict. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF AUGUST 8, 2024 07:47 ...

The silver coins were called sigloi, and the gold ones were darics — a name derived from either Darius I, who ruled the Persian Empire from 522 B.C. to 486 B.C., or dari-, the root of the Old ...

Anatolia is the birthplace of the Western world’s first state-issued coin - the stater - which was created by seafaring people called Lydians, made from electrum, a natural alloy of gold and silver.

Archaeologists discovered the hoard of Persian coins at the site of ancient Greek city in what is now Turkey. The money may have been intended to pay mercenary troops. The ancient Greek city of ...

Not only did the coin become the major international currency of the ancient world, but it also financed the creation of a navy which ensured Greece’s victory over a Persian invading force in ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable hoard of gold coins thought to be more than 2,000 years old in an ancient Greek city. The coins—likely dated to the 5th century B.C.—were found ...

Silver coins were more commonly used for daily expenses, such as going to the store. Those were known as Persian silver sigloi , 20 of which would equate to one gold coin.