300 - 250 | "Baydad, son of Bagawart, dynast of Fars" (Aramaic)
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Bagadat right, wearing earring, satrapal cap (kyrbasia) and diadem. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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"Baydad, son of Bagawart, dynast of Fars" (Aramaic) Fire Temple of Ahura-Mazda. To left, king standing right, in prayer. To right standard. Border of dots.
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Persis
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Modern countryModern country:
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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:
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Baydad I (dynast of Persis, 164-146 BC)
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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
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.113.11 g <br />3,110 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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B. R. Nelson, Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster, 2011, no. 561
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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M. Alram1M. Alram , Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band IV: Nomina Propria Iranica In Nummis, Vienna, 1986, no. 516, P. A. van't Haaff2P. A. van't Haaff, Catalogue of Persis Coinage, Ca. 280 B.C. - A.D. 228, 2020, p. 64-65, no. 516.
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ M. Alram
- ^ P. A. van't Haaff