Baydad Tetradrachm (Persepolis, 3rd Century BCE)
Issuing Ruler: Baydād (Bagadat; 𐡁𐡂𐡃𐡕)
Issuing Authority: Kingdom of Persis (Fratarakas)
Date of Issue: 3rd Century BCE
Mint: Istakhr [Persepolis]
Obverse: Head right with glorious moustache and close-cropped beard, wearing open kyrbasia [satrapal cap].
Reverse: Zoroastrian Fire Temple; to left Baydad himself standing facing right, supplicating before temple; to right large standard surmounted by eagle. Exergual legend in Aramaic reading "𐡁𐡂𐡅𐡍𐡕 𐡁𐡂𐡃𐡕 𐡍𐡓𐡕𐡊𐡃𐡄𐡅𐡆 𐡄𐡌𐡀𐡅𐡄" , "Baydad, Son of Bayward, Chosen Frataraka of the Gods".
Weight: 16.20 g
Diameter: 28mm
Axis: 5h
Denomination: Tetradrachm (Attic)
Issuing Ruler: Baydād (Bagadat; 𐡁𐡂𐡃𐡕)
Issuing Authority: Kingdom of Persis (Fratarakas)
Date of Issue: 3rd Century BCE
Mint: Istakhr [Persepolis]
Obverse: Head right with glorious moustache and close-cropped beard, wearing open kyrbasia [satrapal cap].
Reverse: Zoroastrian Fire Temple; to left Baydad himself standing facing right, supplicating before temple; to right large standard surmounted by eagle. Exergual legend in Aramaic reading "𐡁𐡂𐡅𐡍𐡕 𐡁𐡂𐡃𐡕 𐡍𐡓𐡕𐡊𐡃𐡄𐡅𐡆 𐡄𐡌𐡀𐡅𐡄" , "Baydad, Son of Bayward, Chosen Frataraka of the Gods".
Weight: 16.20 g
Diameter: 28mm
Axis: 5h
Denomination: Tetradrachm (Attic)
Issuing Ruler: Baydād (Bagadat; 𐡁𐡂𐡃𐡕)
Issuing Authority: Kingdom of Persis (Fratarakas)
Date of Issue: 3rd Century BCE
Mint: Istakhr [Persepolis]
Obverse: Head right with glorious moustache and close-cropped beard, wearing open kyrbasia [satrapal cap].
Reverse: Zoroastrian Fire Temple; to left Baydad himself standing facing right, supplicating before temple; to right large standard surmounted by eagle. Exergual legend in Aramaic reading "𐡁𐡂𐡅𐡍𐡕 𐡁𐡂𐡃𐡕 𐡍𐡓𐡕𐡊𐡃𐡄𐡅𐡆 𐡄𐡌𐡀𐡅𐡄" , "Baydad, Son of Bayward, Chosen Frataraka of the Gods".
Weight: 16.20 g
Diameter: 28mm
Axis: 5h
Denomination: Tetradrachm (Attic)