25829 - Istakhr (Baydat) (tetradrachm Baydat/enthroned Baydad) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (Klose - Müseler 2008, 2/2)

From SILVER


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

Images
Overstriking coin
Baydat_Klose_Müseler.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Seleucus I Babylon.jpg [2]
Location/history
Museum collection: Munich (Klose & Müseler 2008, 2/2) Sale(s) ᵖ: Classical Numismatic Group, 123, 23 May 2023, 332

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Baydad right, with short beard and mustache, wearing earing, satrapal cap (kyrbasia) with flaps tied behind and diadem. 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
Mint: Istakhr (Persepolis) Ancient region Persis Modern country: Iran Authority: Baydad I of Persis, Kingdom of Persis
Chronology
From 299 BCE to 250 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 17.0617.06 g <br />17,060 mg <br /> Denomination: tetradrachm Nomisma.org Axis: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
Diameter: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br /> Standard: Attic
References
Coin reference: Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Alram 1986, n° 511-513, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Klose - Müseler 2008, 2/2, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Nelson 2011, n° 557, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Van't Haaff 2012, Type 511/514 a, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Engels 2013, pl. 2, g
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Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Beardless head of Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Greek) Zeus seated on stool-throne left, holding eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Macedonia (uncertain mint) Ancient region ᵖ Macedon Modern country: Greece Authority ᵖ: Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
Chronology
From 332 BCE to 300 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Denomination ᵖ: tetradrachm Nomisma.org Standard ᵖ: Attic
References
Coin type reference ᵖ: "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6Price 1991
Additional data

References

  1. ^  Alram, Michael (1986), Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band IV: Nomina Propria Iranica In Nummis, Vienna.
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  Nelson, Bradley R. (2011), Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster
  4. ^  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.
  5. ^  Engels, David (2013), "A New Frataraka Chronology," Latomus, 72, 2013, p. 28-82
  6. ^  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.