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Auction 106  13 Sep 2017
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Lot 538

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 3500 USD
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KINGS of PERSIS. Baydād (Bagadat). Early 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.06 g, 9h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Head right, with short beard, mustache, and earring, wearing kyrbasia with flaps tied behind / bgdt prtrk (= "Baydād fratarak") in Aramaic down right, zy (= "of") in Aramaic below throne, 'lhy' zy bgdt (= "the gods of Baydād") in Aramaic up left from bottom, Baydād enthroned left, holding scepter and lotus blossom; standard to inner left. Cf. K&M 2/2; cf. Alram 511; cf. De Morgan 1 and pl. XXVII, 1; cf. BMC 1; cf. Sunrise 557; cf. Bellaria 536 (all refs. for type). EF, hint of deposits, struck with worn dies.

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