Numisma Persica is an educational catalogue of Persian and Iranian numismatics — the coins and paper money of the lands long called Iran-zamin, from the pre-monetary silver of the Median plateau to the polymer banknotes of the contemporary Islamic Republic.
The archive is organised by dynasty across eleven eras. Each entry records the ruler, denomination, weight, mint, iconography of obverse and reverse, and a primary reference — favouring published scholarship (SNS, Sellwood, Album, Carradice) and institutional databases (ANS, British Museum, Encyclopædia Iranica) over commercial price-guides.
Images are stylised photographic compositions intended for visual orientation; they are not photographs of specific catalogued specimens. For authenticated examples and high-resolution plates, follow the source link on each entry.
A note on transliteration: rulers' names follow Encyclopædia Iranica's conventions where possible (Khosrow, not Chosroes; Shapur, not Sapor). Dates use CE/BCE; Pahlavi-era coinage carries SH (Solar Hijri) regnal years, and Sasanian late issues use YE (Yazdgerd Era).