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King Bagadat
Bagadat was a king of Persis from 164 to 146 BC. The first tetradrachm of the kings of Persis is in the nature of a proclamation piece. Bagadat [Baydad], scion of a noble family from Persepolis, proclaims his independence at the same time as the Parthians under Arsakes and the Baktrians under Euthydemos were carving territories out of the faltering Seleukid empire.
The first coins of Bagadat were masterpieces of Persian imagery filtered through Greek artistry, and Bagadat's visage, both on the obverse and the reverse investiture scene, are equal to the best Hellenistic work in portraiture. On another note, the throne on which he rests is taken directly from the throne of Zeus on the eastern tetradrachms of Alexander the Great.
Bagadat was a king of Persis from 164 to 146 BC. The first tetradrachm of the kings of Persis is in the nature of a proclamation piece. Bagadat [Baydad], scion of a noble family from Persepolis, proclaims his independence at the same time as the Parthians under Arsakes and the Baktrians under Euthydemos were carving territories out of the faltering Seleukid empire.
The first coins of Bagadat were masterpieces of Persian imagery filtered through Greek artistry, and Bagadat's visage, both on the obverse and the reverse investiture scene, are equal to the best Hellenistic work in portraiture. On another note, the throne on which he rests is taken directly from the throne of Zeus on the eastern tetradrachms of Alexander the Great.