2843 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Babylon (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (Gorny & Mosch, 240, Oct. 2016, 278)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2843

240 BCE - 200 BCE | wtpr in Aramaic to outer right; p in Aramaic to inner right; (lh' in Aramaic) in exergue: "Vadfradad, the Frataraka of the Gods, Son"

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch, 240, 10 Oct 2016, 278 = Gorny & Mosch, 249, 11 Oct 2017, 352 = Gorny & Mosch, 26, 9 Mar 2020, 573

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

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

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

wtpr in Aramaic to outer right; p in Aramaic to inner right; (lh' in Aramaic) in exergue: "Vadfradad, the Frataraka of the Gods, Son" (Aramaic) Fire Temple with half-figure of Ahura-Mazda, to left, satrap standing right, in prayer and bow, to right, standard. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Istakhr (Persepolis)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Persis

Modern countryModern country: Iran

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:

Kingdom of Persis, Vadfradad II of Persis

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 240 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.9416.94 g <br />16,940 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Alram 19861Alram 1986, n° 533-538, Klose - Müseler 20082Klose - Müseler 2008, 2/17, Nelson 20113Nelson 2011, n° 569, Van't Haaff 20204Van't Haaff 2020, p. 77, n° 533
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/persepolis.vadfradad i.klose museler.2008.2.17-20

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Beardless head of Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ (Greek) Zeus seated on stool-throne left, holding eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left.

Mint and issuing power

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

Babylon

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Babylonia

Modern countryModern country: Iraq

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

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 305 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 295 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Price 19915Price 1991, n° 3777-3778, SC II6SC II, n° 82.5, Nelson 20113Nelson 2011, n° 569
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/sco/results?q=82.5

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägung einer Tetradrachme Alexanders III. aus "Babylon"! Aramäische Graffiti auf der Vs., ss Vom Untergepräge sind noch die Silhouette des Herakleskopfes auf dem Avers und Legendenreste auf dem Revers, darunter das Beizeichen ΒΛ, erhalten. Es muss sich um den Typ Price 3777 oder 3778 handeln, der zwischen 305 und 295 v. Chr. vermutlich in Babylon geprägt wurde."