SO 2181 - Uncertain mint under Ardashir I over Rome

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 3094

| "Ardaxsir King son of Darayan King" (Aramaic)

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Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Head of the king left, wearing crown.

Reverse:

"Ardaxsir King son of Darayan King" (Aramaic) King standing left, in prayer, in front of the fire Temple of Ahura-Mazda.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Ancient region

Persis

Modern country:

Authority:

Ardashir I (dynast of Persis, c. 250-205 BC)

Chronology

From to

Hellenistic 323-30 BC period

Physical description

Metal:		Denomination: drachma

References

Coin reference:

P. A. van't Haaff, Catalogue of Persis Coinage, Ca. 280 B.C. - A.D. 228, 2020, p. 113, no. 570.2-3 b.

Coin series reference:

"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1P. A. van't Haaff, Catalogue of Persis Coinage, Ca. 280 B.C. - A.D. 228, 2020, p. 111-114, no. 570.

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Reverse:

Mint and issuing power

Mint ᵖ:

Rome

Ancient region ᵖ

Latium

Modern country: Italy

Authority ᵖ:

Chronology

From to

period

Physical description

Denomination ᵖ:

denarius

References

Coin type reference ᵖ:

Additional data

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