444, Lot: 249. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PERSIS. Vādfradād (Autophradates) I. 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.24 g, 5h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Head right, with mustache and earring, wearing diadem and kyrbasia / Fire temple of Ahura-Mazda; above, half-figure of Ahura-Mazda; to left, Vādfradād standing right, bow set on ground before; standard to right. Cf. K&M 2/17 (for type); cf. Alram 533 (samee); cf. De Morgan 12
a and pl. XXVII, 19 (same); cf. BMC 1 (same); Sunrise –. Fine, porous, some applied earthen deposits, repair on edge of reverse and 12 o’clock.