Apadana hoard

The deposition of this hoard, which was visibly part of the foundation ritual of the Apadana, is dated to circa 515 BCE.

King Darius says: This is the kingdom which I hold, from the Sacae who are beyond Sogdia to Kush, and from Sind (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎡𐎭𐎢𐎺, "Hidauv", locative of "Hiduš") to Lydia (Old Persian: "Spardâ") - [this is] what Ahuramazda, the greatest of gods, bestowed upon me.

May Ahuramazda protect me and my royal house!The coins found in the hoard were: The Croesids were found in very fresh condition, confirming that they had been recently minted under Achaemenid rule.

[7] The deposit did not have any Darics and Sigloi, which also suggests strongly that these coins typical of Achaemenid coinage only started to be minted later, after 515 BCE.

[7] According to numismatist Martin Price, the coins in the hoard were probably selected not for the location they represented, but for the symbolic significance of their type.

One of the stone boxes with the foundation tablets of Darius I , under which the coins had been deposited.
The Achaemenid Empire at its greatest extent. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ]