siglos

Japanese: siglos
siglos

… After conquering Lydia in 547 BC, the Achaemenid Empire allowed the local coinage to continue as before. However, Darius I (3rd emperor, 522-486 BC) decided to issue an imperial coinage and had two coins minted, named after himself, the dareikon (gold coin) and the siglos (silver coin). Both coins bear the image of the king galloping on his knees with a spear and a bow on the obverse, and are of extremely high quality. They were produced until the end of the empire. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "siglos" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 前547年にリュディアを征服したアケメネス朝ペルシアは,この地方の貨幣鋳造を従来どおり継続させた。しかし,第3代ダレイオス1世(在位,前522‐前486)は帝国正貨の発行を決意し,彼の名にちなんだダレイコスdareikos金貨とシグロスsiglos銀貨の2種を鋳造させた。どちらも表面に槍と弓を持った膝折り疾走の王の像を有し,きわめて純度が高く,帝国末期まで製作された。…

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