102, Lot: 64. Estimate $750. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Autophradates (Vadfradad) I. Early 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.13 gm). Head right, with moustache, wearing diadem and satrapal cap (kyrbasia) / Fire temple of Ahura-Mazda; on left, Autophradates standing right, resting hand on bow set on ground; above, half-figure of Ahura-Mazda; to right, standard. Alram 533. VF, light roughness, overstruck on another Persis tetradrachm of simiar type. Rare.

From the Bellaria Collection.

Tetradrachms of Autophradates I are typically found overstruck on earlier Persis tetradrachms.