Gold Persian daric hoard found in Turkey

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Here’s an interesting story about a collection of gold Persian coins, called darics, that were discovered in the ancient city of Notion, in Turkey. The collection dates back to the late 5th century BCE.
Darics were produced in the Persian Empire from the late 6th century BCE until 330 BCE, when Alexander the Great defeated the Persians.

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A team of researchers led by a University of Michigan archaeologist has uncovered a hoard of gold coins, likely used to pay mercenary troops, buried in a small pot in the ancient Greek city of Notion in western Turkey.

Here’s a picture of the director of the Notion Archaeological  Project, Christopher Ratté, recording details of the Temple of Athena at Notion.

 

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Notion was incorporated into the Persian Empire together with the other Greek cities on the west coast of Turkey in the mid-sixth century B.C. It was freed from Persian rule in the early fifth century B.C., but then reintegrated into the Persian empire in the early fourth century B.C. It remained a Persian possession until the conquest of Alexander the Great in 334 B.C.
 

Between 430 B.C. and 427 B.C., a group of Persian sympathizers from the nearby city of Colophon had occupied part of Notion with the help of Greek and “barbarian” mercenaries. In 427 B.C., an Athenian general called Paches attacked and killed the pro-Persian mercenaries, after luring their commander into a trap. The Persian sympathizers were then expelled, and Notion was reorganized under Athenian supervision.

Later, in 406 B.C., a decisive naval battle in the conflict between Athens and Sparta was fought off the coast of Notion, which the Athenians were using as a naval base.

 

https://record.umich.edu/articles/u-m-team-finds-ancient-persian-gold-coins-in-western-turkey/

Site of the Notion excavations on the Western coast of Turkey.

 

 

Edited August 6 by guy