Tag: Iran
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1989 Iran 50 Rials
A coin commemorating oil and agriculture Iran Last time we covered Iran, with a 1946 2 Rials, we covered a lot of the early history. This time let’s recap some of the second half of the 20th Century. In that earlier piece, we noted the country’s reliance on the oil industry and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company,…
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1946 Iran 2 Rials
An imperial looking coin from a historic nation Iran (The Pahlavi Crown, commissioned by Reza Shah in 1925. Image: TheZay.org) Iran has been inhabited for a long time. Stone tools found in the region date back 800,000 years. We have previously looked at coins from some of the civilisations which have occupied modern-day Iran. These…
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Sasanian Drachm 591-628
Khosrow II, one of the last great Sasanian Shahs The Sasanian Empire lasted from 224 – 621 A.D., when it was overthrown by the Arab Rashidun Caliphate. Today part of Iran, the area Conquered by Alexander the Great in 330 B.C., then became part of the Seleucid Empire. Although influenced by their Iranian subjects, the…
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Kingdom of Elymais 100-150AD Drachm
A nice eagle on a largely unknown coin The Kingdom of Elymais, or Elamais sat at the head of the Persian Gulf, in what is today, part of Iran. It was basically surrounded by the massive Parthian Empire, and frequently fell under their control. Both Elymais and the Parthian Empire were previously part of the…