Baydād, also written Bagadates or Bagadad, is treated in van’t Haaff as the first ruler of Persis to issue coins. He belongs to the Frataraka dynasty of the early Persis coinage sequence, beginning in the early 3rd century BC. His coins are important because they...
Silver Drachm of Darios I A Coin of Zoroastrian Continuity Minted in Persis (modern Fars, Iran), this silver drachm (1) issued by Darios I, one of the Kings of Persis, offers a visual declaration of spiritual identity. While ruled nominally under Seleucid or Parthian...
