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Obol - Darayan I Curved brim
| Issuer | Persis, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 132 BC - 100 BC |
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| Value | Obol (⅙) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (132 BC - 100 BC) - Haaff 556 - ND (132 BC - 100 BC) - Haaff 556A - |
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Darius (Darayan) I of Persis ruled a client kingdom under Seleucid suzerainty in the region of Fars, the Persian heartland. These tiny fractional silver pieces were struck at a time when Persis maintained a carefully guarded local autonomy — issuing its own coinage while the Seleucid empire fractured under pressure from the Parthians to the east. The curved-brim variety is distinguished from related issues by die typology catalogued by Haebler and refined by Alram, whose numbering system remains the field standard for Persis coinage.