Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 413 Numistats ref: 672903
No match
Oriental Greek
Category
KINGS of PERSIS. Vādfradād (Autophradates) I. 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.68 g, 12h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed head right, wearing kyrbasia / Fire temple of Ahura-Mazda; to left, Vādfradād standing right, raising hand; standard to right; wtprdt in retrograde Aramaic to outer right; prtrk’zy in Aramaic in exergue; [’lh’ in Aramaic to outer left]; retrograde br in Aramaic to left of altar; traces of uncertain Aramaic letter to right of altar; traces of uncertain Aramaic letters to right of altar. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 540/542g; K&M –; cf. Alram 540 and 542 (for type); CNG 127, lot 305 (same rev die). Slight iridescence, traces of deposits and die rust, slight porosity, overstruck on a coronation type tetradrachm of Baydād (Bagadat), itself overstruck on an Alexandrine tetradrachm. EF.
Description
EF
Grade
1150.5 EUR
Starting
1917.5 EUR
Estimate
EUR
Realized