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Object Type
Museum number: 1920,0515.6
Denomination: hemidrachm
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Bearded bust of Ardashir II (Artaxerxes II) 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); Ardashir II (Artaxerxes II) stands facing right toward a lit fire altar. King wears kyrbasia (?) and kandys, and holds a barsom in his raised hand. (reverse)
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1stC BC (circa)
Production place: Minted in: Persis (historic - region)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Diameter: 17 millimetres; Weight: 0.62 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) (22, p.224); Klose & Müseler 2008 / Statthalter Rebellen Könige - Die Münzen aus Persepolis von Alexander dem Großen zu den Sasaniden (Type 4/13, p.58); Alram 1986 / Iranisches Personennamenbuch: Nomina Propria Iranica in Nummis (Type 578, p.174; Plate 19)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: king/queen; fire altar
Associated names: Portrait of: Ardashir II (Artaxerxes II); Named in inscription: Ardashir II (Artaxerxes II); Named in inscription: Darius II (Darev II)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1920
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1920,0515.6
C&M catalogue number: GC28 (BMC Greek (Arabia)) (224) (21)

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