Drachm - Darayan I

Darev I — rendered in Greek sources as Darius — ruled Persis as a sub-kingdom under Parthian overlordship following the collapse of Seleucid control in the region. The Persid dynasts of this period carefully cultivated a connection to Achaemenid tradition while operating within a political structure that made them effectively vassal kings, a tension that surfaces in their coinage's deliberate archaism.

Alram 558 is among the scarcer emissions of the series. The fabric tends toward broad and thin flans, and off-center strikes are common enough to be expected rather than exceptional.