3611 - Istakhr (Vahbaz) (tetradrachm Vahbaz/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/fire temple) (Cayon, Dec. 2005, 77)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3611

205 BCE - 164 BCE | "Vahbarz, the Frataraka of the Gods, Son of Persis" (Aramaic)

Images

Overstriking coin

Wahbaz_Cayon,_14_Dec._2005,_77.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Baydad_throne.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Cayon, 14 Dec. 2005, 77

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

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

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

"Vahbarz, the Frataraka of the Gods, Son of Persis" (Aramaic) Fire Temple with half-figure of Ahura-Mazda. To left, satrap 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:

Vahbaz of Persis

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 205 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 164 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		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° 528, Van't Haaff 20202Van't Haaff 2020, p. 72-73, no. 526.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Baydat right, with short beard and mustache, wearing earring, satrapal cap (kyrbasia) with flaps tied behind and diadem. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

"Baydad, son of Bagawart, dynast of Fars" (Aramaic) "Baydad, son of Bagawart, dynast of Fars"

Mint and issuing power

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

Istakhr (Persepolis)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Persis

Modern countryModern country: Iran

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

Baydad I 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

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:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Rarísimo tetradracma del rey Oborze acuñado sobre otro de su antecesor, el rey Bagadates I cuyo nombre podemos ver en el reverso"

References

^ Alram, Michael (1986), Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band IV: Nomina Propria Iranica In Nummis, Vienna.
^ van't Haff, Pieter Anne (2020), Catalogue of Persis Coinage, Ca. 280 B.C. - A.D. 228, 2020