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Object Type
Museum number: 1882,IOC.423
Denomination: hemidrachm
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Long-bearded bust of Namopat 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); Namopat stands facing left with hand outstretched toward a star and crescent moon. King wears kandys and crenellated crown. (reverse)
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1stC (circa)
Production place: Minted in: Persis (region - archaic)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 8 o'clock; Diameter: 14 millimetres; Weight: 1.31 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) (7, p.226); Klose & Müseler 2008 / Statthalter Rebellen Könige - Die Münzen aus Persepolis von Alexander dem Großen zu den Sasaniden (Type 4/42, p.62); Alram 1986 / Iranisches Personennamenbuch: Nomina Propria Iranica in Nummis (Type 604, p.177; Plate 20)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: king/queen; moon; planet/constellation
Associated names: Portrait of: Namopat; Named in inscription: Namopat; Named in inscription: Ardashir II (Artaxerxes II)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1882
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1882,IOC.423
C&M catalogue number: GC28 (BMC Greek (Arabia)) (226) (7)

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