coin

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Object Type
Museum number: 1848,0803.168
Denomination: hemidrachm
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Bearded bust of Ardashir II (Artaxerxes II) facing left, with long moustache and bushy hair. King wears diadem, crenellated crown decorated with pearls, torque and Persian V-neck jacket with beaded lapels. Dotted border. (obverse); Ardashir II (Artaxerxes II) stands facing left toward a lit fire altar. King wears kyrbasia (?) and kandys, and holds a barsom in his raised hand. (reverse)
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1stC BC (circa)
Production place: Minted in: Persis (region - archaic)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 9 o'clock; Diameter: 15 millimetres; Weight: 2.04 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) (6, p.223); Klose & Müseler 2008 / Statthalter Rebellen Könige - Die Münzen aus Persepolis von Alexander dem Großen zu den Sasaniden (Type 4/12, p. 58); Alram 1986 / Iranisches Personennamenbuch: Nomina Propria Iranica in Nummis (Type 574, p.174)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: king/queen; fire altar
Associated names: Portrait of: Ardashir II (Artaxerxes II); Named in inscription: Ardashir II (Artaxerxes II); Named in inscription: Darius II (Darev II)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1848
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1848,0803.168
C&M catalogue number: GC28 (BMC Greek (Arabia)) (223) (6)

Free entry

Opening hours