Classical Numismatic Group, 123, 23 May 2023, 332 = Classical Numismatic Group, 129, 13 May 2025, 358
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
Head of Baydad right, with short beard and mustache, wearing earing, satrapal cap (kyrbasia) with flaps tied behind and diadem.
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.:
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:
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 299 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime 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: 17.0617.06 g <br />17,060 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.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br />
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 332 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.ᵖ:
"Overstruck on an uncertain mint tetradrachm of Alexander III type, likely an issue of Seleukos I" This unpublished and unique coin has a double-engraved reverse legend of the type found on this issue – bgdt prtrk' zy 'lh/hy (Baydad frataraka of the gods).
References
^Alram, Michael (1986), Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band IV: Nomina Propria Iranica In Nummis, Vienna.
^Klose, Dietrich O. A. - Müseler, Wilhelm (2008), Statthalter Rebellen Könige - Die Münzen aus Persepolis von Alexander dem Großen zu den Sasaniden, Munich, xii, 90 p.
^Nelson, Bradley R. (2011), Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster
^van't Haaff, Peter A. (2012), "Catalogue of Persis Coinage, Ca. 280 B.C. – A.D. 228 : 34 Kings of 5 dynasties that ruled in Iran for 500 years,” Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia, 18, 2012, p. 207-272.
^Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.
periodTime period of the numismatic object.
