Kingdom of Persis

Mints

Kingdom in SW Iran ruled by semi-independent rulers, partially under the Seleucids and Parthians from the early 3rd century BC to the mid 3rd century AD.

Die Studies

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Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
3075 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 69, June 2005, 766)		Silver	300 BC JL
2738 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydat/fire temple) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 84, May 2010, 781)		Silver	300 BC JL
2751 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (Ira & Larry Goldberg, 46, May 2008, 61)		Silver	300 BC JL
2788 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, 8, Sept. 2014, 750)		Silver	300 BC JL
2853 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 228, March 2015, 177)		Silver	300 BC JL
3712 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (Jesus Vico, 147, March 2017, 86)		Silver	300 BC JL
3760 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (drachma Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (The New York Sale, 37, 5 Jan. 2016, 234)		Silver	300 BC JL
3071 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (hemidrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (van't Haaff 2020, 517b)		Silver	300 BC JL
2603 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (New York Sale, 27, Jan. 2012, 823)		Silver	300 BC JL
2585 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, EA 393, March 2007, 202)		Silver	300 BC JL
3874 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (Triskeles, 16, June 2016, 148)		Silver	300 BC JL
3745 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over Baydad (Baydad/enthroned Baydad) (van't Haaff 2020, 515a)		Silver	300 BC JL
25625 - Istakhr (Baydat) (tetradrachm Baydat/enthroned Baydad) over Seleucus I (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, 126, May 2024, 390)		Silver	299 BC JL
2570 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/enthroned Baydad) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (van't Haaff 2020, 511d)		Silver	299 BC JL
25816 - Istakhr (Baydat) (tetradrachm Baydat/enthroned Baydad) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (Naville Numismatics, 79, Feb. 2023, 168)		Silver	299 BC JL
25825 - Istakhr (Baydat) (tetradrachm Baydat/enthroned Baydad) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, 123, May 2023, 332)		Silver	299 BC JL
2589 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/enthroned Baydad) over uncertain type (Triton, XXI, Jan. 2018, 567)		Silver	299 BC JL
2554 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/enthroned Baydad) over uncertain type (Numismatica Ars Classica, 88, Oct. 2015, 446)		Silver	299 BC JL
25819 - Istakhr (Baydat) (tetradrachm Baydat/enthroned Baydad) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (Klose - Müseler 2008, 2/2)		Silver	299 BC JL
25829 - Istakhr (Baydat) (tetradrachm Baydat/enthroned Baydad) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (Klose - Müseler 2008, 2/2)		Silver	299 BC JL
2864 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/enthroned Baydad) over uncertain type (The New York Sale, 37, Jan. 2016, 230)		Silver	299 BC JL
2996 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/enthroned Baydad) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, 2, May 2018, 165)		Silver	299 BC JL
25836 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Alexander type (Leu Numismatik, EA 24, Dec. 2022, 1696)		Silver	280 BC JL
25833 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, 126, May 2024, 391)		Silver	280 BC JL
2598 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over uncertain type (Stephen Album Rare Coins, 28, May 2017, 47)		Silver	280 BC JL
2862 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (Pegasi Numismatics, BB 150, Aug. 2016, 172)		Silver	280 BC JL
2577 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (Parscoins on Ebay, 28 March 2017, PCW-A439)		Silver	280 BC JL
3878 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/fire temple) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Triskeles, 17, Sept. 2016, 290)		Silver	280 BC JL
2865 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 66, May 2004, 843)		Silver	240 BC JL
2715 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Susa (Seleucus I) (Seleucus/Nike & trophy) (CNG, 90, May 2012, 788)		Silver	240 BC JL
2843 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Babylon (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (Gorny & Mosch, 240, Oct. 2016, 278)		Silver	240 BC JL
2652 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/fire temple) over uncertain type (Triskeles, 16, June 2016, 149)		Silver	240 BC JL
2811 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (The New York Sale, 37, Jan. 2016, 245)		Silver	240 BC JL
2638 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/fire termple) over uncertain type (New York Sale, 20, jan. 2009, 323)		Silver	240 BC JL
2813 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradad/temple fire) over uncertain type (CNG, 108, May 2018, 410)		Silver	240 BC JL
25846 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Antioch (Seleucus II) (Seleucus/Apollo) (Leu Numismatik, EA 26, July 2023, 1769)		Silver	240 BC JL
25833 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Antioch (Seleucus II) (Seleucus/Apollo) (Leu Numismatik, EA 26, July 2023, 1769)		Silver	240 BC JL
3723 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (hemidrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 190, Oct. 2010, 370)		Silver	240 BC JL
2797 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Alexander the Great type (Heracles/Zeus) (van't Haaff 2020, 533g)		Silver	146 BC JL
2696- Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Philip III (Heracles/Zeus) (Ponterio, 151, Nov. 2009, 8139)		Silver	146 BC JL
3272 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/fire temple) over uncertain type (van't Haaff 2020, 541Bb)		Silver	146 BC JL
2623 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over uncertain type (Lexibett Ebay, Apr. 2017, 4279514-002)		Silver	146 BC JL
2782 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over uncertain type (van't Haaff 2020, 545a)		Silver	146 BC JL
2763 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Vadfradat (Vadfradat/temple fire) (van't Haaff 2020, 540d)		Silver	146 BC JL
2578 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfredat/temple fire) over Thasos (Heracles) (Triskeles, 3June 2017, 375)		Silver	146 BC JL
2667 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over uncertain type (New York Sale, 37, Jan. 2016, 282)		Silver	146 BC JL
2830 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/fire temple) over Vadfradat (Vadfradat/fire temple) (P. A. van't Haaff 2020, p. 77, 533 c)		Silver	146 BC JL
2644 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over uncertain type (Rare Coins (Russian Coins & Medals), 18, Dec. 2018, 14)		Silver	146 BC JL
2598 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over uncertain type (Stephen Album Rare Coins, 28, May 2017, 46)		Silver	146 BC JL
3323 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Vadfradat (Vadfradat/temple fire) (van't Haaff 2020, 544 a)		Silver	146 BC JL
3623 - Istakhr (Ardashir II) (drachma Ardashir/Ardashir and fire temple) over Roman denarius (Van't Haaff 2020, n° 570.2-3 f)		Silver	50 BC JL
2846 - Istakhr (Ardashir II) (drachma Ardashir/Ardashir and fire temple) over Roman denarius (Van't Haaff 2020, p. 114, n° 570.2-3g)		Silver	50 BC JL
3161 - Istakhr (Ardashir II) (drachma Ardashir/Ardashir and fire temple) over Roman denarius (van't Haaff 2020, 570.2-3a)		Silver	50 BC JL
2971 - Istakhr (Ardashir II) (drachma Ardashir/Ardashir and fire temple) over Roman denarius (Van't Haaff 2020, n° 570.2-3 d)		Silver	50 BC JL
3374 - Istakhr (Ardashir II) (drachma Ardashir/Ardashir and fire temple) over Roman denarius (Van't Haaff 2020, n° 570.2-3 c)		Silver	50 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
3323 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Vadfradat (Vadfradat/temple fire) (van't Haaff 2020, 544 a)		Silver	146 BC JL

Kingdom of Persis

TypeType of authority. ᵖ	Dynasty/Kingdom/Empire
Nomisma IDNomisma ID	https://nomisma.org/id/persis_kingdom
Links	https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q60792532 http://dbpedia.org/resource/Kings_of_Persis

Literature

• Alram 1986 (30 mentions)
• Nelson 2011 (29 mentions)
• Van't Haaff 2020 (29 mentions)
• Klose - Müseler 2008 (27 mentions)
• P. A. van't Haaff (16 mentions)
• Sear II (8 mentions)
• D. Klose and W. Müseler (7 mentions)
• Van't Haaff 2012 (5 mentions)
• M. Alram (3 mentions)
• BMC Arabia (1 mentions)
• Engels 2013 (1 mentions)