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444, Lot: 249. Estimate $500.
Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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 12a 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.