Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 123 - Session 2 . 332
Oriental Greek
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KINGS of PERSIS. Baydād (Bagadat). Early 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.06 g, 9h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Head right, with short beard, mustache, and earring, wearing kyrbasia with flaps tied behind / Baydād enthroned left, holding scepter and cup; standard to inner left; zy 'lhy' in Aramaic up left, bgdt prtrk' z in Aramaic down right, bgdt prtrk' zy 'lh/hyy [sic] in Aramaic flanking scepter. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 511/514 e-f var. (no double-engraved rev.; same obv. die); K&M 2/1 var. (no double-engraved rev.); Alram 511 var. (same); Sunrise 557 var. (same). Toned with traces of iridescence, light roughness, double strike on reverse. Good VF. Overstruck on an uncertain mint tetradrachm of Alexander III type, likely an issue of Seleukos I. Very rare.
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