Directory
Browse Persian coinage by mint, ruler, metal and denomination
120 catalogued coins and banknotes across 11 eras, cross-indexed so that every mint, every issuing ruler, every metal and every denomination has its own reference page — each with images, weights, legends and cited sources.
In short
Persian Treasury indexes 120 coins and banknotes of Persia and Iran four ways — by mint, by issuing ruler, by metal and by denomination — alongside a chronological path through 11 eras, from Lydian electrum and the Achaemenid daric to the rials of the Islamic Republic. Each facet below is a standalone reference page; each catalogued piece has its own entry with metal, weight, mint, obverse and reverse descriptions and a cited source.
Mints & issuers
Every workshop and issuing authority represented in the catalogue, from Sardis and Ecbatana to Bank Markazi Iran.
- Tehran · 19
- Bank Markazi Iran · 17
- Imperial Bank of Persia · 6
- Ecbatana · 5
- Isfahan · 5
- Tabriz · 5
- Sardis · 4
- Seleucia on the Tigris · 4
- Bank Melli Iran · 3
- Bactra · 2
- Baghdad · 2
- Basra · 2
- Herat · 2
- Istakhr · 2
- Mashhad · 2
- Nishapur · 2
- Sistan · 2
- Adurbadagan · 1
- Ahvaz · 1
- Antioch on the Orontes · 1
- Ashkelon · 1
- Babylon · 1
- Bishapur · 1
- Bukhara · 1
- Ctesiphon · 1
- Damascus · 1
- Ganja · 1
- Gaza · 1
- Ghazna · 1
- Hamadan · 1
- Kabul · 1
- Kerman · 1
- Khoy · 1
- Magnesia on the Maeander · 1
- Ray (al-Muhammadiya) · 1
- Rhagae · 1
- Samaria · 1
- Samarqand · 1
- Seleucia on the Hedyphon · 1
- Sidon · 1
- Sind · 1
- Spasinou Charax · 1
- Susa · 1
- Tabaristan · 1
Rulers & issuers
Kings, satraps, caliphs, shahs and shahanshahs whose names or portraits appear on the coinage.
- Mohammad Reza Shah · 16
- Naser al-Din Shah Qajar · 8
- Reza Shah Pahlavi · 6
- Fath-Ali Shah Qajar · 4
- Mozaffar al-Din Shah Qajar · 2
- Muzaffar al-Din Shah era · 2
- Nader Shah Afshar · 2
- Shapur I · 2
- 'Adud al-Dawla (Buyid) · 1
- 'Ala' al-Din Muhammad II · 1
- Abd al-Malik (post-reform) · 1
- Abd al-Malik I (Samanid) · 1
- Abd'ashtart I / Straton I of Sidon · 1
- Achaemenid satrap (probably Tiribazos) · 1
- Ahmad Shah Qajar · 1
- Ahmad Shah Qajar era · 1
- Antiochos I Soter (Seleucid) · 1
- Antiochus III · 1
- Antiochus IV Epiphanes · 1
- Antiochus VII Sidetes · 1
- Ardashir I (founder) · 1
- Arghun Khan (Ilkhanid) · 1
- Artabanus IV (last Arsacid) · 1
- Attambelos I of Characene · 1
- Bahram Chobin (usurper) · 1
- Bahram II · 1
- Bahram V (Bahram Gur) · 1
- Baysunghur (Aq Qoyunlu) · 1
- Caliph Harun al-Rashid · 1
- Citing Ghazan Khan as overlord · 1
- Darius I to Darius III · 1
- Darius II of Persis (Darayan) · 1
- Darius III / Alexander era · 1
- Diodotus I (Greco-Bactrian) · 1
- Euthydemus I · 1
- Issued under Caliph al-Mahdi · 1
- Jahan Shah · 1
- Kamnaskires V of Elymais · 1
- Karim Khan Zand · 1
- Kavad I · 1
- Khosrow I · 1
- Khosrow II · 1
- King Alyattes · 1
- King Croesus (Kroisos) · 1
- Local Achaemenid governors · 1
- Malik-Shah I · 1
- Mas'ud III (Ghaznavid) · 1
- Mazaios, Satrap of Babylon · 1
- Mithradates I · 1
- Mithradates II · 1
- Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar · 1
- Möngke Khan (in name of Great Khan) · 1
- Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad of Ghor · 1
- Naser al-Din / late Qajar · 1
- Orodes I · 1
- Peroz I · 1
- Phraates IV · 1
- Qadir Khan Yusuf · 1
- Reza Shah · 1
- Shah Abbas I · 1
- Shah Ismail I (founder) · 1
- Shah Suleiman I · 1
- Shah Suleiman I (Safavid) · 1
- Shah Tahmasp I · 1
- Shapur III · 1
- Sultan Husayn · 1
- Tahir ibn Husayn · 1
- Timur (Tamerlane) · 1
- Transitional issue, Islamic Republic · 1
- Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad · 1
- Ulugh Beg · 1
- Vahbarz / Vadfradad (Frataraka) · 1
- Vologases I · 1
- Vologases VI · 1
- Xerxes I – Artaxerxes II · 1
- Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar · 1
- Yazdegerd III (last Sasanian) · 1
Metals
Gold, silver, electrum, billon, copper, bronze, cupro-nickel and paper — grouped by the material struck or printed.
Denominations
Darics, sigloi, drachms, dinars, dirhams, abbasis, krans, tomans and rials across 2,600 years.
By era
Every catalogued piece
Each entry has a dedicated page with obverse and reverse descriptions, metal, weight, mint and source.
- Lydian Electrum Trite ("Lion Stater") · c. 610–560 BCE
- Pre-monetary Hacksilver · c. 800–600 BCE
- Lydian Gold Stater of Croesus · c. 561–546 BCE
- Gold Daric (Type IV) · c. 485–330 BCE
- Silver Siglos (Type IIIb) · c. 485–375 BCE
- Satrapal Coin of Asia Minor · Early 4th century BCE
- Double Daric · c. 336–300 BCE
- Mazaios Satrapal Double Shekel — Babylon · c. 331–328 BCE
- Philisto-Arabian / Samarian Obol · c. 450–333 BCE
- Sidonian Double Shekel under Achaemenid Suzerainty · c. 365–352 BCE
- Early Seleucid Tetradrachm · 281–261 BCE
- Antiochus III "the Great" Tetradrachm · 222–187 BCE
- Greco-Bactrian Tetradrachm of Diodotus I · c. 250 BCE
- Antiochus IV Epiphanes Tetradrachm · 175–164 BCE
- Antiochus VII Sidetes Drachm — Ecbatana · 138–129 BCE
- Greco-Bactrian Tetradrachm of Euthydemus I · c. 230–200 BCE
- Mithradates I Tetradrachm · 171–138 BCE
- Mithradates II Drachm · 121–91 BCE
- Orodes I Silver Tetradrachm · 90–77 BCE
- Vologases VI Drachm · 208–228 CE
- Phraates IV Silver Tetradrachm · 37–2 BCE
- Vologases I Tetradrachm · 51–78 CE
- Artabanus IV Drachm · c. 213–224 CE
- Kingdom of Persis – Drachm of 'Darius' · 1st century BCE – 1st century CE
- Elymais Tetradrachm of Kamnaskires V · c. 54–32 BCE
- Persis Frataraka Tetradrachm · c. 220–140 BCE
- Characene Tetradrachm — Spasinou Charax · 1st century BCE – 1st century CE
- Ardashir I Drachm · 224–242 CE
- Shapur I Drachm · 240–272 CE
- Khosrow I (Anushirvan) Drachm · 531–579 CE
- Khosrow II Drachm · 590–628 CE
- Bahram V Gold Dinar · 420–438 CE
- Peroz I Drachm · 459–484 CE
- Kavad I Drachm · 488–531 CE (two reigns)
- Yazdegerd III Drachm · 632–651 CE
- Shapur I Gold Dinar · c. 260–272 CE
- Bahram II Drachm · 276–293 CE
- Shapur III Gold Dinar · 383–388 CE
- Bahram Chobin (Bahram VI) Drachm · 590–591 CE
- Arab-Sasanian Drachm · 673–683 CE
- Umayyad Gold Dinar · 77 AH / 696 CE
- Samanid Gold Dinar (Nishapur) · 955–956 CE
- Ghaznavid Gold Dinar · 1099–1115 CE
- Great Seljuq Gold Dinar · 1072–1092 CE
- Ilkhanid-era Silver Dirham · 1296–1304 CE
- Tahirid Silver Dirham · 821–822 CE (AH 206)
- Saffarid Silver Dirham · 861–879 CE
- Buyid Silver Dirham · AH 372 (982–983 CE)
- Ilkhanid Gold Dinar of Arghun · AH 684 / 1285–1286 CE
- Abbasid Gold Dinar of Harun al-Rashid · AH 184 / 800 CE
- Tabaristan Hemidrachm (Abbasid Era) · AH 158–169 / 775–785 CE
- Ghurid Gold Dinar of Mu'izz al-Din · AH 599–602 / 1202–1206 CE
- Khwarazmshah Gold Dinar of Muhammad II · 1200–1220 CE
- Qarakhanid Multiple Dirham — Samarqand · AH 415–425 / 1024–1034 CE
- Great Mongol Dirham — Bukhara · AH 651–658 / 1253–1260 CE
- Timur Silver Tanka · AH 795 / 1393 CE
- Ulugh Beg Silver Tanka · AH 850–853 / 1447–1449 CE
- Safavid 20 Shahi (Isfahan, 1690) · AH 1101 / 1690 CE
- Safavid Silver Abbasi · 1666–1694 CE
- Coin of Shah Sultan Husayn · 1694–1722 CE
- Aq Qoyunlu Gold Coin · 1490–1493 CE
- Shah Ismail I Silver Shahi — Tabriz · 1501–1524 CE
- Shah Tahmasp I — Imam Reza Mint, Mashhad · 1524–1576 CE
- Shah Abbas I 'the Great' — Mashhad · 1588–1629 CE
- Qara Qoyunlu Silver Tanka — Tabriz · AH 841–872 / 1438–1467 CE
- Nader Shah Silver Double Rupee · 1738–9 CE (AH 1151)
- Nader Shah Silver Rupee — Isfahan · AH 1148–1160 / 1736–1747 CE
- Zand Gold Quarter Mohur · 1751–1779 CE
- Fath-Ali Shah Gold Toman · 1797–1834 CE
- Fath-Ali Shah Silver — Ganja Mint · Early 19th century
- Qajar 10 Toman Gold (AH 1314) · c. 1896 CE
- Mohammad Ali Shah Gold Toman · 1907–1909 CE
- Ahmad Shah Qajar — Tehran Mint · 1909–1925 CE
- Imperial Bank of Persia — One Toman (1906) · 1906
- Naser al-Din Shah 1 Toman Banknote (specimen) · c. 1890
- Naser al-Din Shah 10 Toman Banknote · c. 1890–1923
- Naser al-Din Shah 25 Toman Banknote (specimen) · c. 1890
- Imperial Bank One Toman — Yazd branch overprint · c. 1890–1923
- Mozaffar al-Din Shah — Tehran Mint · 1896–1907 CE
- Fath-Ali Shah Silver — Isfahan Mint · 1797–1834 CE
- Fath-Ali Shah Nowruz Treasure Coin — Tabriz · AH 1226 / 1811–12 CE
- Naser al-Din Shah Silver Qiran — Tehran · 1848–1896 CE
- Naser al-Din Shah Gold Toman — Tehran · 1848–1896 CE
- Naser al-Din Shah 10 Toman Gold · Late 19th century
- Naser al-Din Shah Qiran — Herat Mint · c. 1856 CE
- Naser al-Din Shah 50 Dinar Copper · 1848–1896 CE
- Mozaffar al-Din Shah 2 Toman Gold · AH 1313–1324 / 1896–1907 CE
- Imperial Bank of Persia 5 Toman Banknote · c. 1924
- Reza Shah Gold Pahlavi · SH 1305–1320 (1926–1941)
- Mohammad Reza Shah 10 Pahlavi Gold · SH 1355 / 1976
- 2500-Year Celebration Commemorative Medal · SH 1350 / 1971
- Pahlavi 20 Rial Commemorative · SH 1357 / 1978
- Bank Melli 100 Rial (Reza Shah) · SH 1317 / 1938
- Bank Markazi 1000 Rial (Mohammad Reza Shah) · 1969–1971
- Reza Shah 500 Rial Banknote · SH 1317 / 1938
- Reza Shah 1000 Rial Banknote (first series) · SH 1317 / 1938
- Mohammad Reza Shah 500 Rial Banknote (1976) · SH 2535 / 1976
- Mohammad Reza Shah 5000 Rial Banknote (1977) · 1977
- Mohammad Reza Shah 10,000 Rial Banknote (1978) · 1978
- Pahlavi 50th Anniversary 100 Rial Banknote · SH 2535 / 1976
- Reza Shah Gold Toman — Tehran (early) · SH 1305–1309 (1926–1930)
- Reza Shah First Nowruz Commemorative · SH 1305 / 1926
- Reza Shah Silver 5 Rial (1938) · SH 1317 / 1938
- Mohammad Reza Shah 5 Pahlavi Gold · SH 1339–1357 (1960–1979)
- Mohammad Reza Shah 1 Rial Coin · SH 1338–1357 (1959–1979)
- Mohammad Reza Shah 2 Rial Coin · SH 1338–1357 (1959–1979)
- Mohammad Reza Shah 5 Rial Coin · SH 1338–1357 (1959–1979)
- Mohammad Reza Shah 10,000 Rial (1971) · 1971
- Mohammad Reza Shah 50 Rial Banknote · 1970s
- 50 Rial '2,500-Year Empire' Commemorative Banknote · SH 1350 / 1971
- Mohammad Reza Shah 1000 Rial — Second Series · Mid-1970s
- Republic-era 20 Rial Coin · 1980s
- Overprinted Pahlavi 5000 Rial — Khomeini Arabesque · 1979–1981
- Islamic Republic 100 Rial — Khomeini Series · 1985 onwards
- Islamic Republic 2000 Rial (1982) · 1981–1982
- Islamic Republic 5000 Rial (1981) · 1981
- Islamic Republic 10000 Rial (1981) · 1981
- Islamic Republic 10,000 Rial — Khomeini / Damavand · 1992 – present
- Islamic Republic 100 Rial Banknote · 1985 (SH 1364)
- Islamic Republic 50,000 Rial = 5,000 Toman Note (Redenomination Series) · 2021 – present
Frequently asked
- How is the Persian Treasury catalogue organised?
- The catalogue's 120 coins and banknotes are cross-indexed four ways — by mint, by issuing ruler, by metal and by denomination — plus chronologically across 11 eras. Every facet has its own reference page, and every piece has an individual page with metal, weight, mint, obverse and reverse descriptions and a cited source.
- Which Persian coin denominations are covered?
- Rial, Drachm, Toman, Dinar, Tetradrachm, Dirham, Pahlavi (coin), Abbasi, Daric, Kran, Rupee, Stater, Obol, Siglos — from Achaemenid gold darics to modern Iranian rials.
- Which mints of the Iranian world are documented?
- Tehran, Bank Markazi Iran, Imperial Bank of Persia, Ecbatana, Isfahan, Tabriz, Sardis, Seleucia on the Tigris, Bank Melli Iran, Bactra, Baghdad, Basra, Herat, Istakhr, Mashhad, among others.