176, Lot: 72. Estimate $100. Sold for $74. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Autophradates (Vadfradad) III. Early 1st century BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 2.98 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right; crescent above / Fire temple; Ahura-Mazda above; on left, king standing right, to right, column surmounted by eagle. Alram 561. VF.

The weight of this drachm is below the normal range for this issue, suggesting that it might be a fourrée, although there is no clear evidence of an underlying base core