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Object Type
Museum number: 1913,0809.3
Denomination: obol
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Long-bearded bust of Pakur I facing left, with long moustache and bushy hair. King wears diadem, torque and Persian V-neck jacket with beaded lapels. Dotted border. (obverse); Triskeles. (reverse)
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1stC (circa)
Production place: Minted in: Persis (region - archaic)
Materials
Dimensions: Diameter: 11 millimetres; Weight: 0.58 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.229); Klose & Müseler 2008 / Statthalter Rebellen Könige - Die Münzen aus Persepolis von Alexander dem Großen zu den Sasaniden (Type 4/29, p.60); Alram 1986 / Iranisches Personennamenbuch: Nomina Propria Iranica in Nummis (Type 598, p.176)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Portrait of: Pakur I; Named in inscription: Pakur I; Named in inscription: Vahshir
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1913
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1913,0809.3
C&M catalogue number: GC28 (BMC Greek (Arabia)) (229) (3)

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