2585 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, EA 393, March 2007, 202)

From SILVER


300 BCE - 250 BCE | "Baydad, son of Bagawart, dynast of Fars"

Images
Overstriking coin
Baydad_Classical_Numismatic_Group, _393, _15_Mar_2007, _202.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Alexander_basileos.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: Classical Numismatic Group, 393, 15 Mar 2007, 202

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Baydat right, with short beard and mustache, wearing earring, satrapal cap (kyrbasia) with flaps tied behind and diadem. Border of dots. Reverse: "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.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Istakhr (Persepolis) Ancient region Persis Modern country: Iran Authority: Baydad I of Persis, Kingdom of Persis
Chronology
From 300 BCE to 250 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 16.1816.18 g <br />16,180 mg <br /> Denomination: tetradrachm Nomisma.org Axis: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
Diameter: 2828 mm <br />2.8 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.]]1Sear II, n° 6186, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Alram 1986, n° 515, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Klose - Müseler 2008, 2/3, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Nelson 2011, n° 560, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Van't Haaff 2020, p. 64-65, n° 515
Coin series web reference:

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
Frequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidence: sure
Remarks: "Overstruck on an uncertain Alexander type."

References

  1. ^  Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
  2. ^  Alram, Michael (1986), Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band IV: Nomina Propria Iranica In Nummis, Vienna.
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  Nelson, Bradley R. (2011), Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster
  5. ^  van't Haff, Pieter Anne (2020), Catalogue of Persis Coinage, Ca. 280 B.C. - A.D. 228, 2020
  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.