Illustration
Coin of Bagadates (Persian Bagdan), third or four frataraka ruler of Persis in the 3rd century BCE.
AR Tetradrachm.
Obverse: Diademed head of Bagadates right, wearing kyrbasia and pendant earring.
Reverse. Bagadates seated left on high backed throne, holding a cup and a sceptre.
Aramaic legend: bgdt /prtrk’/[zy ‘lhy’]/br/bgwrt (“Bagadat, governor by the grace of the Gods, son of Bagawart”)
BMC Arabia p. 195, 1.
License & Copyright
Based on Wikipedia content that has been reviewed, edited, and republished.
Original image by Classical Numismatic Group. Uploaded by Antoine Simonin, published on 13 October 2014. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
Related Images
Vadfradad I, King of Persis
Silver Teradrachm of Vadfradad I of Persis
Roman Imperial Coinage
Silver Tetradrachm Coin of Ptolemy III Euergetes II
Tetradrachm Coin from Seleucid Syria
Seleucid Silver Tetradrachm Coin
Cite This Work
APA Style
Group, C. N. (2014, October 13). Coin of Bagadates. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3142/coin-of-bagadates/
Chicago Style
Group, Classical Numismatic. "Coin of Bagadates." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 13, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3142/coin-of-bagadates/.
MLA Style
Group, Classical Numismatic. "Coin of Bagadates." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 13 Oct 2014. Web. 09 Mar 2025.
