CNG 106, Lot: 543. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Vādfradād (Autophradates) I. 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.18 g, 9h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Head right, with mustache and earring, wearing diadem and kyrbasia / wtprdt (= “Vādfradād”) in Aramaic down outer right, br [...] (= “son of [...]”) in Aramaic down right of altar, prtrk’ zy (= “fratarakā of”) in Aramaic below fire altar, ’lhy’ (= “the gods”) in Aramaic up outer left, 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; cf. Alram 533; cf. De Morgan 12a and pl. XXVII, 19; cf. BMC 1 (all refs. for type); Sunrise –. Good VF, toned, deposits, graffito whslrt(?) in Aramaic in obverse field, slight double strike on reverse.