Stater: Baal (obverse); Head of Pharnabazos (Cleveland Museum of Art 1917.995)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
379–374 BCE
Cleveland Museum of Art object 1917.995: Stater: Baal (obverse); Head of Pharnabazos (reverse), 379–374 BCE. Iran, Achaemenid (550–330 BCE), minted at Tarsos (Kilikia).
Silver; diameter: 2.5 cm (1 in.). Inscribed: 𐡐𐡓𐡍𐡁𐡆𐡅 (Pharnabazos); 𐡊𐡋𐡊 (KLK, indicates that this coin is from Kilikia); 𐡁𐡏𐡋]𐡕𐡓𐡆] (Ba'al of Tarsos). Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 3
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- silver
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 2.5 cm (1 in.)
- Measurements
- Diameter: 2.5 cm (1 in.)
- Material and technique
- silver
Design
- Inscriptions
- 𐡐𐡓𐡍𐡁𐡆𐡅 (Pharnabazos); 𐡊𐡋𐡊 (KLK, indicates that this coin is from Kilikia); 𐡁𐡏𐡋]𐡕𐡓𐡆] (Ba'al of Tarsos)
Identification
- Date recorded
- 379–374 BCE
- Culture period
- Iran, Achaemenid (550–330 BCE), minted at Tarsos (Kilikia)
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1917.995
- Published references
- "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67. Mentioned: p. 64
- Museum classification
- Coins
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Research required
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider coin type and standard catalogue references (e.g. SNG, RPC, RIC) against numismatic literature.