at which time it became their main mint, producing drachm , tetradrachm, and assorted bronze denominations. It is also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible ( Ezra 6.2) under the name Achmetha (also spelled Ahmetha , e.g. JTS Bible). Ecbatana/Hamedan (Iran) is not to be confused with Ecbatana/ Hamath (Syria) where Herodotus