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Object Type
Museum number: 1854,0405.19
Denomination: tetradrachm
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Bearded bust of Bagadat I facing right, with long moustache. Frataraka wears kyrbasia tied with diadem, chin flap, earflap pulled back and earring. Dotted border. (obverse); Bagadat I seated left on throne, wearing kyrbasia and kandys, holding a long sceptre in right hand and a lotus flower in left hand. A tassled standard is placed before him. Dotted border. (reverse)
Authority
Production date: 3rdC BC (circa)
Production place: Minted in: Persis (region - archaic)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 11 o'clock; Diameter: 27 millimetres; Weight: 16.59 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) (1, p.195); Klose & Müseler 2008 / Statthalter Rebellen Könige - Die Münzen aus Persepolis von Alexander dem Großen zu den Sasaniden (Type 2/1, p.34); Alram 1986 / Iranisches Personennamenbuch: Nomina Propria Iranica in Nummis (Type 511, p.165)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: ruler; temple; fire altar
Associated names: Portrait of: Bagadat I; Named in inscription: Bagadat I
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1854
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1854,0405.19
C&M catalogue number: GC28 (BMC Greek (Arabia)) (195) (1)

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