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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 837. Estimate $200. 
Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. 
Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Autophradates (Vadfradad) III. Early 1st century BC. AR Drachm (4.08 g, 11h). Bearded bust right, wearing diadem; crescent above / “wtprdt mlk [...]”in Aramaic script in exergue, fire temple, Ahura-Mazda above; to left, Autophradates standing right, raising arms; to right, column surmounted by eagle. Klose & Müseler 4/1; Alram 561; De Morgan pl. XXIX, 21 var. (legend). EF, lightly toned, a hint of porosity.


From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.