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Object Type
Museum number: 1848,0803.165
Denomination: hemidrachm (holed and pierced on obverse)
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Long-bearded bust of Ardashir IV (Artaxerxes IV) facing left, with long moustache and bushy hair partly tied in a top knot. King wears diadem, beaded necklet and Persian V-neck jacket with beaded lapels. Cresent moon and star hang in front of bust. (obverse); Bearded bust of Manuchithr III facing left, with long moustache and bushy hair. King wears radiate crenellated crown, diadem, beaded necklet, and Persian V-neck jacket with beaded lapels. (reverse)
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 2ndC -3rdC (circa)
Production place: Minted in: Persis (region - archaic)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Diameter: 14 millimetres; Weight: 1.60 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: BMC Greek (Arabia) / Catalogue of the Greek coins of Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia (Nabataea, Arabia Provincia, S Arabia, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Assyria, Persia, Alexandrine Empire of the East, Persis, Elymais, Characene) (3, p.244); Klose & Müseler 2008 / Statthalter Rebellen Könige - Die Münzen aus Persepolis von Alexander dem Großen zu den Sasaniden (Type 5/20, p.71); Alram 1986 / Iranisches Personennamenbuch: Nomina Propria Iranica in Nummis (Type 648, p.184)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: king/queen; moon; planet/constellation
Associated names: Portrait of: Ardashir IV (Artaxerxes IV); Named in inscription: Ardashir IV (Artaxerxes IV); Portrait of: Manuchithr III; Named in inscription: Manuchithr III
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1848
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1848,0803.165
C&M catalogue number: GC28 (BMC Greek (Arabia)) (244) (4)

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