2554 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/enthroned Baydad) over uncertain type (Numismatica Ars Classica, 88, Oct. 2015, 446)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2554

300 BCE - 250 BCE | bgdt prtrk' zy lhy bgwrt (="Baydad, son of Bagawart, dynast of the Gods")

Images

Overstriking coin

Baydad_Numismatica_Ars_Classica,_88,_8_Oct_2015,_446.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Numismatica Ars Classica, 88, 8 Oct 2015, 446

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

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

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

bgdt prtrk' zy lhy bgwrt (="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.:

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: 16.9216.92 g <br />16,920 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:	BMC Arabia1BMC Arabia, p. 195, n° 1, Alram 19862Alram 1986, n° 511, Nelson 20113Nelson 2011, n° 557, Van't Haaff 20204Van't Haaff 2020, p. 63, n° 511
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/persepolis.baydad.klose museler.2008.2.1-2

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:

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 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..

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:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Hill, George Francis (1922), Catalogue of the Greek coins of Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia (Nabataea, Arabia Provincia, S. Arabia, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Assyria, Persia, Alexandrine empire of the East, Persis, Elymais, Characene), London, p.ccxix, p.359, pl.55
^ Alram, Michael (1986), Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band IV: Nomina Propria Iranica In Nummis, Vienna.
^ Nelson, Bradley R. (2011), Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster
^ van't Haff, Pieter Anne (2020), Catalogue of Persis Coinage, Ca. 280 B.C. - A.D. 228, 2020