Dating back to the Parthian era (247 BC – 224 CE), Sassanid era (224 CE–651), and Islamic period, the coins have been discovered during several excavations carried out in historical sites across the ...

Iran, one of the world’s oldest and most influential civilizations, has a rich history that spans over 5,000 years. Located ...

The coins date from the Parthian, Sassanian, and Islamic eras, ... and royal insignia of their culturally heterogeneous empire, which encompassed Persian, Hellenistic, and regional cultures. At its ...

A reborn Persian Empire captured Rome's ... the Parthian Empire was born after overthrowing ... (309-379). So distinctive were these crowns, that their appearance on coins has helped ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 4 (MNA) -- An Iranian archaeological team has recently discovered ten Parthian era jar burials at the Nakhl-e Ebrahim site in Hormozgan Province. ... from the Parthian cemetery and castle ...

Another key piece of evidence comes from the coins, which give the lost city’s name as Natounissarokerta—a combination of the king’s name and the Parthian word for a moat or fortification.

"We can therefore expect that the Parthian cavalry, with its subjects, clients and allies, included all of the unit varieties that we know to have existed in antiquity so that there would have been ...

The coins were used from the late 6th century B.C. until Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian empire in 330 B.C. Researchers believe the daric was mainly used to pay mercenary troops.