Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 124 - Session 2 . 380
Oriental Greek
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KINGS of PERSIS. Vādfradād (Autophradates) I. 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.09 g, 3h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed head right, wearing kyrbasia / Fire temple of Ahura-Mazda; to left, Vādfradād standing right being crowned with wreath by Nike standing behind; bow set on ground before; standard to right; wtprdt/prtrk'zy in Aramaic in two lines down right, 'lhy' in Aramaic) up left. Cf. van't Haaff Type 533/535/538; cf. K&M Nachtrage 2/18 (for a similar overstrike); Alram –; Sunrise –; Zeno –. Traces of find patina, cleaning marks, areas of horn silver, some smoothing, edge chip. VF. Overstruck on a tetradrachm of Baydād (Bagadat) with fire altar reverse (van't Haaff Type 515/519). Rare.
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