Double Daric - Mazaeus and Successors Alexandrine Empire

Mazaeus governed Babylon under Achaemenid rule before surrendering the city to Alexander in 331 BC without a fight — a capitulation rewarded with reappointment as satrap under Macedonian authority. The double daric format survived this transition, continuing under Mazaeus and his successors as a pragmatic acknowledgment that Persian gold coinage retained commercial authority in Babylonia long after Achaemenid political power had collapsed.

Alexander's own eastern campaigns were partially funded by the vast bullion reserves seized at Susa and Persepolis, yet local double daric production persisted, suggesting these pieces served regional transactions rather than imperial finance. Mazaeus died in 328 BC, and the series continued under successors into the early Diadochi period.