Kingdom of Persis

Mints

Kingdom in SW Iran ruled by semi-independent rulers, partially under the Seleucids and Parthians from the early 3rd century BC to the mid 3rd century AD.

Die Studies

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Overstriking coins

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.
2738 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydat/fire temple) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 84, May 2010, 781)	Silver	300 BC ^JL
2751 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (Ira & Larry Goldberg, 46, May 2008, 61)	Silver	300 BC ^JL
2788 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, 8, Sept. 2014, 750)	Silver	300 BC ^JL
2853 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 228, March 2015, 177)	Silver	300 BC ^JL
3712 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (Jesus Vico, 147, March 2017, 86)	Silver	300 BC ^JL
3760 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (drachma Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (The New York Sale, 37, 5 Jan. 2016, 234)	Silver	300 BC ^JL
3071 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (hemidrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (van't Haaff 2020, 517b)	Silver	300 BC ^JL
2603 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (New York Sale, 27, Jan. 2012, 823)	Silver	300 BC ^JL
2585 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, EA 393, March 2007, 202)	Silver	300 BC ^JL
3874 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (Triskeles, 16, June 2016, 148)	Silver	300 BC ^JL
3745 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over Baydad (Baydad/enthroned Baydad) (van't Haaff 2020, 515a)	Silver	300 BC ^JL
3075 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 69, June 2005, 766)	Silver	300 BC ^JL
25829 - Istakhr (Baydat) (tetradrachm Baydat/enthroned Baydad) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (Klose - Müseler 2008, 2/2)	Silver	299 BC ^JL
2589 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/enthroned Baydad) over uncertain type (Triton, XXI, Jan. 2018, 567)	Silver	299 BC ^JL
2554 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/enthroned Baydad) over uncertain type (Numismatica Ars Classica, 88, Oct. 2015, 446)	Silver	299 BC ^JL
25819 - Istakhr (Baydat) (tetradrachm Baydat/enthroned Baydad) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (Klose - Müseler 2008, 2/2)	Silver	299 BC ^JL
2864 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/enthroned Baydad) over uncertain type (The New York Sale, 37, Jan. 2016, 230)	Silver	299 BC ^JL
2996 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/enthroned Baydad) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, 2, May 2018, 165)	Silver	299 BC ^JL
25625 - Istakhr (Baydat) (tetradrachm Baydat/enthroned Baydad) over Seleucus I (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, 126, May 2024, 390)	Silver	299 BC ^JL
25825 - Istakhr (Baydat) (tetradrachm Baydat/enthroned Baydad) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, 123, May 2023, 332)	Silver	299 BC ^JL
27630 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/enthroned Baydad) over Demetrius I Poliorcetes (Demetrius/Poseidon) (Triton, XVI, Jan. 2013, 640)	Silver	299 BC ^JL
2570 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/enthroned Baydad) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (van't Haaff 2020, 511d)	Silver	299 BC ^JL
25816 - Istakhr (Baydat) (tetradrachm Baydat/enthroned Baydad) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (Naville Numismatics, 79, Feb. 2023, 168)	Silver	299 BC ^JL
2715 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Susa (Seleucus I) (Seleucus/Nike & trophy) (CNG, 90, May 2012, 788)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27618 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/fire temple) (Numismatik Naumann, 126, March 2023, 506)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27593 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/enthroned king) (CNG, 108, May 2018, 410)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2813 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradad/temple fire) over uncertain type (CNG, 108, May 2018, 410)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27627 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/fire temple) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Heritage, CICF Signature Sale 3046, April 2016, 29149)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2623 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Lexibett Ebay, Apr. 2017, 4279514-002)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2644 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) (Rare Coins, Russian Coins & Medals, 18, Dec. 2018, 14)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2638 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/fire termple) over uncertain type (New York Sale, 20, jan. 2009, 323)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
25836 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Leu Numismatik, EA 24, Dec. 2022, 1696)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27596 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/fire temple) (Paris, BnF, Luynes 3516)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
3723 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (hemidrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 190, Oct. 2010, 370)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
25833 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, 126, May 2024, 391)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27611 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/enthroned king) (Cayon, Dec. 2005, 77)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27576 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/fire temple) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Triton, XXVIII, Jan. 2025, 413)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2577 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (Parscoins on Ebay, 28 March 2017, PCW-A439)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2598 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over uncertain type (Stephen Album Rare Coins, 28, May 2017, 47)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
3878 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/fire temple) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Triskeles, 17, Sept. 2016, 290)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27622 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/fire temple) (Stephen Album, 40, May 2021, 116)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27599 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/fire temple) (CNG, 124, Sept. 2023, 380)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
25846 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Antioch (Seleucus II) (Seleucus/Apollo) (Leu Numismatik, EA 26, July 2023, 1769)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27614 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/fire temple) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, 127, Sept. 2024, 305)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27583 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/fire temple) over uncertain type (Paris, BnF, E 1743)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2865 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 66, May 2004, 843)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
25833 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Antioch (Seleucus II) (Seleucus/Apollo) (Leu Numismatik, EA 26, July 2023, 1769)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2696- Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Philip III (Heracles/Zeus) (Ponterio, 151, Nov. 2009, 8139)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27625 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/fire temple) (Leu Numismatik, EA 10, Dec. 2019, 688)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27602 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over uncertain type (New York Sale, 20, Jan. 2009, 323)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2862 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (Pegasi Numismatics, BB 150, Aug. 2016, 172)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2578 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (VAuctions Triskeles, 325, June 2017, 375)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27586 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/enthroned king) (Peus, 427, Nov. 2020, 344)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27590 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (Stephen Album, 28, May 2017, 46)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2843 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Babylon (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (Gorny & Mosch, 240, Oct. 2016, 278)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2652 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/fire temple) over uncertain type (Triskeles, 16, June 2016, 149)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2667 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (Vadfradat/temple fire) (New York Sale, 37, Jan. 2016, 282)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2811 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/fire temple) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (The New York Sale, 37, Jan. 2016, 245)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
3272 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/fire temple) over uncertain type (van't Haaff 2020, 541Bb)	Silver	146 BC ^JL
2830 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/fire temple) over Vadfradat (Vadfradat/fire temple) (P. A. van't Haaff 2020, p. 77, 533 c)	Silver	146 BC ^JL
2598 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over uncertain type (Stephen Album Rare Coins, 28, May 2017, 46)	Silver	146 BC ^JL
3323 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Vadfradat (Vadfradat/temple fire) (van't Haaff 2020, 544 a)	Silver	146 BC ^JL
2763 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Vadfradat (Vadfradat/temple fire) (van't Haaff 2020, 540d)	Silver	146 BC ^JL
2797 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Alexander the Great type (Heracles/Zeus) (van't Haaff 2020, 533g)	Silver	146 BC ^JL
2782 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over uncertain type (van't Haaff 2020, 545a)	Silver	146 BC ^JL
2578 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfredat/temple fire) over Thasos (Heracles) (Triskeles, 3June 2017, 375)	Silver	146 BC ^JL
2846 - Istakhr (Ardashir II) (drachma Ardashir/Ardashir and fire temple) over Roman denarius (Van't Haaff 2020, p. 114, n° 570.2-3g)	Silver	50 BC ^JL
3161 - Istakhr (Ardashir II) (drachma Ardashir/Ardashir and fire temple) over Roman denarius (van't Haaff 2020, 570.2-3a)	Silver	50 BC ^JL
2971 - Istakhr (Ardashir II) (drachma Ardashir/Ardashir and fire temple) over Roman denarius (Van't Haaff 2020, n° 570.2-3 d)	Silver	50 BC ^JL
3374 - Istakhr (Ardashir II) (drachma Ardashir/Ardashir and fire temple) over Roman denarius (Van't Haaff 2020, n° 570.2-3 c)	Silver	50 BC ^JL
3623 - Istakhr (Ardashir II) (drachma Ardashir/Ardashir and fire temple) over Roman denarius (Van't Haaff 2020, n° 570.2-3 f)	Silver	50 BC ^JL

Overstruck coins

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.
27599 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/fire temple) (CNG, 124, Sept. 2023, 380)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27618 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/fire temple) (Numismatik Naumann, 126, March 2023, 506)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2644 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) (Rare Coins, Russian Coins & Medals, 18, Dec. 2018, 14)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2667 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (Vadfradat/temple fire) (New York Sale, 37, Jan. 2016, 282)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27622 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/fire temple) (Stephen Album, 40, May 2021, 116)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27576 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/fire temple) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Triton, XXVIII, Jan. 2025, 413)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27611 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/enthroned king) (Cayon, Dec. 2005, 77)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27625 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/fire temple) (Leu Numismatik, EA 10, Dec. 2019, 688)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27593 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/enthroned king) (CNG, 108, May 2018, 410)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27614 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/fire temple) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, 127, Sept. 2024, 305)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27596 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/fire temple) (Paris, BnF, Luynes 3516)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
27586 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Baydad I (Baydad/enthroned king) (Peus, 427, Nov. 2020, 344)	Silver	240 BC ^JL
2830 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/fire temple) over Vadfradat (Vadfradat/fire temple) (P. A. van't Haaff 2020, p. 77, 533 c)	Silver	146 BC ^JL
3323 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Vadfradat (Vadfradat/temple fire) (van't Haaff 2020, 544 a)	Silver	146 BC ^JL

Kingdom of Persis

TypeType of authority. ^ᵖ

Dynasty/Kingdom/Empire

Nomisma IDNomisma ID

https://nomisma.org/id/persis_kingdom

Links

Literature

Alram 1986 (34 mentions)
Van't Haaff 2020 (34 mentions)
Nelson 2011 (33 mentions)
Klose - Müseler 2008 (31 mentions)
P. A. van't Haaff (12 mentions)
Sear II (8 mentions)
D. Klose and W. Müseler (5 mentions)
Van't Haaff 2012 (4 mentions)
M. Alram (2 mentions)
BMC Arabia (1 mentions)
Engels 2013 (1 mentions)