SO 2000 - Uncertain mint in Persis under Baydad I over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3637

300 - 250 | "Baydad, son of Bagawart, dynast of the Gods" (Aramaic)

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Triton 16 (08/01/2013), no. 640 ; NAC 59 (04/04/2011), no. 653

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Bagadat right, wearing earring, satrapal cap (kyrbasia) and diadem. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

"Baydad, son of Bagawart, dynast of the Gods" (Aramaic) Baydād enthroned left, wearing long cloak and kyrbasia, holding sceptre and cup. To left, standard.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Ancient regionAncient region.

Persis

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Baydad I (dynast of Persis, 164-146 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.0617.06 g <br />17,060 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 9 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

M. Alram1M. Alram , Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band IV: Nomina Propria Iranica In Nummis, Vienna, 1986, no. 511, D. Klose and W. Müseler2D. Klose and W. Müseler, Statthalter Rebellen Könige - Die Münzen aus Persepolis von Alexander dem Großen zu den Sasaniden, Munich, 2008 2/2, P. A. van't Haaff3P. A. van't Haaff, Catalogue of Persis Coinage, Ca. 280 B.C. - A.D. 228, 2020, p. 63, no. 511.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Demetrius I Poliorcetes (Antigonid king, 294-283 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Newell Series VI4Newell Series VI, 90 (dies LXXXIII/154)

Additional data

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