3874 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (Triskeles, 16, June 2016, 148)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3874

300 BCE - 250 BCE | "Baydad, son of Bagawart, dynast of Fars" (Aramaic)

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Triskeles, 16, 3 June 2016, 148

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 Fars" (Aramaic) (Aramaic) Fire Temple of Ahura-Mazda. To left, king standing right, in prayer. 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:

Baydad I of Persis, Kingdom of Persis

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 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	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

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. 515, 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 2/3, P. A. van't Haaff3P. A. van't Haaff, Catalogue of Persis Coinage, Ca. 280 B.C. - A.D. 228, 2020, p. 64-65, no. 515.

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:

Antiochus Hierax (Seleucid usurper, 246-227 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

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Additional data

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