bgr_686203 - PERSIS - KINGDOM OF PERSIS - OXATHRES Hemidrachme

PERSIS - KINGDOM OF PERSIS - OXATHRES Hemidrachme AU

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Type : Hemidrachme

Date: c. 50 AC.

Mint name / Town : atelier incertain

Metal : silver

Diameter : 15 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 2,02 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Bel exemplaire, décentré au revers. Très joli buste. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

BMC.2 pl. XXII/22 - Morgan353 p. 282 - GC.6209 - NAP.605 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé du roi à gauche, un bandeau simple, avec nœud qui tombe derrière la tête, la barbe triangulaire longue et pointue, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque ; derrière le buste, un monogramme.

Reverse

Reverse legend : LÉGENDE ARAMÉENNE.

Reverse description : Le roi debout à droite devant un pyrée (autel du feu) allumé.

Historical background

PERSIS - KINGDOM OF PERSIS - OXATHRES

(1st century BC)

La Perside seems to have played an important role in the history of the Achaemenid Empire. Persepolis was one of the capitals of the Empire. La Perside kept a certain autonomy under the Macedonian domination which was perpetuated under the Parthians. The founder of the dynasty seems to have been Bagadate at the end of the 3rd century BC. Oxathres is one of the sons of Darius II and the brother of Artaxerxes II and the grandson of Autophradates II. His son, Pirouz I succeeded him.