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Auction 99  13 May 2015
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Lot 409

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 3000 USD
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KINGS of PERSIS. Baydād (Bagadat). Early 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.96 g, 8h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Head right, with short beard, mustache, and earring, wearing kyrbasia with flaps tied behind / Aramaic legend: (br) bgwr[t] (= "(son of) Baywār[d]") downward to right, bgdt prtrk' zy (= "Baydād frataraka of") in exergue, 'lhw' (= "the gods") upward to left, fire temple of Ahura-Mazda; to left, Baydād standing right; standard to right. K&M 2/3 var. (rev. legend); Alram 515 = DeMorgan pl. 27, 4 (same dies); Sunrise 560 var. (same); New York Sale XXXV, lot 262 (same rev. die); Hess-Divo 327, lot 76 (same dies). Good VF, lightly toned, minor smoothing, spot of delamination on obverse, areas of corrosion on reverse.

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