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Object Type
Museum number: 1900,0405.88
Denomination: hemidrachm
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Bearded bust of unknown king (II) facing left, with long moustache, wearing tiara decorated with pearls and crescent moon with dot, earflap, diadem, beaded torque and Persian V-neck jacket with beaded lapels. Triskeles behind bust. (obverse); Diadem with ties. (reverse)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1stC (circa)
Production place: Minted in: Persis (region - archaic)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Diameter: 13 millimetres; Weight: 1.54 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Authority 'Uncertain' (Ruler).
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) (4, p.237); Klose & Müseler 2008 / Statthalter Rebellen Könige - Die Münzen aus Persepolis von Alexander dem Großen zu den Sasaniden (Type 4/56, p.63); Alram 1986 / Iranisches Personennamenbuch: Nomina Propria Iranica in Nummis (Type 619, p.179)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: king/queen; moon
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1900
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1900,0405.88
C&M catalogue number: GC28 (BMC Greek (Arabia)) (237) (4)

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