299 BCE - 250 BCE | bgdt prtrk' zy lhy bgwrt (="Baydad, son of Bagawart, dynast of the Gods")
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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NAC, 59, 4 Apr. 2011, 653 = Triton, XVI, 8 Jan. 2013, 640
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Baydad right, with short beard and mustache, wearing earing, satrapal cap (kyrbasia) with flaps tied behind and diadem. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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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.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Istakhr (Persepolis)
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Persis
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Modern countryModern country: Iran
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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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Kingdom of Persis, Baydad I of Persis
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Chronology
| 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
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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.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.0617.06 g <br />17,060 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Diademed and horned head of Demetrios I to right.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΔHMHTPIOY (Greek) Poseidon, nude, standing left, his right foot set on a rock, holding trident in his left hand and resting his right on his right thigh, to outer left and right, monograms
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 289 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 288 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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frequent
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"It is possible to see traces of the undertype on this coin, particularly on the obverse in the upper centre field one can easily make out the top of a portrait with thick hair, while on the reverse, clearly visible in the upper r. field are the letter B, which is certainly part of the word βασιλεοσ. Below to the l., one can clearly read ΤΡΙΟY (part of the word Δεμετριου). Furthermore, it is possible to discern, at three o_clock on the outer r. field, the traces of a control-mark. All of these elements lead us to believe that the coin was struck over a portrait tetradrachm of Demetrius Poliorcetes"
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References
- ^ 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
- ^ Newell 121
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
