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452, Lot: 576. Estimate $750.
Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Vādfradād (Autophradates) I. 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.35 g, 3h). 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 standard to right. K&M –; cf. Alram 540 and 542 (for type); cf. De Morgan 12a and pl. XXVII, 19 (same); cf. BMC 1 (same); Sunrise 570 (this coin). Toned, crystallized surfaces, minor die breaks on double struck reverse. VF.