Kings Persis Hemidrachm Wooden Box Set

Kings Persis Hemidrachm Wooden Box Set

Persis was the heartland of ancient Persian civilization; the ruins of Persepolis and Pasargadae, two of the four capitals of the Achaemenid Empire are located there. The kingdom managed to remain largely independent of the successive Greek Seleucid and Parthian empires around it.

The Kings of Persis also known as the Darayanids, were a series of Persian kings, who ruled the region of Persis in what is today southwestern Iram, from the 2nd century BC to 224 AD. They ruled as sub-kings of the Parthian Empire, until They effectively formed some Persian dynasty continuity between the Achaemenid Empire and the Sasanian Empire

The coinage of the Kings consists in individualized portraits of the rulers, and often the rulers shown in a devotional influenced by the Parthian headgear of the rulers

***KINGS of PERSIS, Uncertain King II. 1st century AD. AR Hemidrachm (1.31 gm; 12 mm). Sharply struck on an excellent metal. Choice Superb. Lightly. Obv: Type 1. Bearded bust left, wearing diadem with two loop tie and Parthian style tiara with two rows of pellets enclosing pellet; to right, triskeles flanked by pellets

Rev: Diadem; illegible inscription around. Ref:K&M -; cf. Alram 619; Tyler-Smith 212 var. (no pellets behind bust); Sunrise 646. toned. ***

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