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Achaemenid Empire

The Achaemenid Empire was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great.

Kind: empire
Region: Near East, Asia
Recorded period: 550 BC – 330 BC

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Stater: Baal (obverse); Head of Pharnabazos (Cleveland Museum of Art 1917.995)

379–374 BCE

Cleveland Museum of Art object 1917.995: Stater: Baal (obverse); Head of Pharnabazos (reverse), 379–374 BCE. Iran, Achaemenid (550–330 BCE), minted at Tarsos (Kilikia). Silver; diameter: 2.5 cm (1 in.). Inscribed: 𐡐𐡓𐡍𐡁𐡆𐡅 (Pharnabazos); 𐡊𐡋𐡊 (KLK, indicates that this coin is from Kilikia); 𐡁𐡏𐡋]𐡕𐡓𐡆] (Ba'…

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