Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIAuction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 389

Price realized: 2,750 USD   (Approx. 2,519 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


KINGS of PERSIS. Baydād (Bagadat). Early 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.47 g, 9h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Head right, with short beard, mustache, and earring, wearing kyrbasia with flaps tied behind / Fire temple of Ahura-Mazda; to left, Baydād standing right; standard to right; prs in Aramaic to outer left, bgwrt in Aramaic to inner left, prtrk' zy 'lhy' in Aramaic in exergue, bgdt in Aramaic to inner right. van't Haaff, Persis Type 515/519, example k = KM p. 21, fig. 6 = Sunrise 560 (same dies); KM 2/3a; Alram 519. Lightly toned, porosity, scapes, smoothing, doubling on reverse. Good VF. Extremely rare.


Estimate: 2000 USD