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Object Type
Museum number: 1864,0402.8
Denomination: hemidrachm
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Long-bearded bust of Manuchithr II facing left, with long moustache and bushy hair. King wears tiara decorated with pearls and crescent moon with dot, earflap, diadem, necklet with medallion and Persian V-neck jacket with beaded lapels. (obverse); Beardless bust of Mithra facing left, with bushy hair. Mithra wears high fur headdress (?), diadem, necklet with medallion and Persian V-neck jacket with beaded lapels. (reverse)
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 2ndC (circa)
Production place: Minted in: Persis (region - archaic)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 5 o'clock; Diameter: 14 millimetres; Weight: 1.52 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.241); Klose & Müseler 2008 / Statthalter Rebellen Könige - Die Münzen aus Persepolis von Alexander dem Großen zu den Sasaniden (Type 5/12, p.69); Alram 1986 / Iranisches Personennamenbuch: Nomina Propria Iranica in Nummis (Type 635/637, p.182)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: king/queen; moon
Associated names: Portrait of: Manuchithr II; Named in inscription: Manuchithr II; Portrait of: Manuchithr I; Named in inscription: Manuchithr I
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1864
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1864,0402.8
C&M catalogue number: GC28 (BMC Greek (Arabia)) (241) (3)

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