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Object Type
Museum number: 1915,0108.24
Denomination: obol
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Long-bearded bust of Kapat facing left, with long moustache and long hair. King wears tiara decorated with pearls and crescent moon, earflap, diadem, torque and Persian V-neck jacket with beaded lapels. (obverse); Long-bearded bust of Kapat (or Namopat?) facing left, with long moustache and bushy hair. King wears diadem, torque and Persian V-neck jacket with beaded lapels. (reverse)
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1stC (circa)
Production place: Minted in: Persis (historic - region)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 2 o'clock; Diameter: 9 millimetres; Weight: 0.33 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) (27, p.235); Klose & Müseler 2008 / Statthalter Rebellen Könige - Die Münzen aus Persepolis von Alexander dem Großen zu den Sasaniden (Type 4/50, p.62); Alram 1986 / Iranisches Personennamenbuch: Nomina Propria Iranica in Nummis (Type 614, p.179)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: king/queen; moon
Associated names: Portrait of: Kapat; Named in inscription: Kapat; Named in inscription: Namopat
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1915
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1915,0108.24
C&M catalogue number: GC28 (BMC Greek (Arabia)) (235) (27)

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