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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Persis with head of Autophradates I
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 240 B.C.
Mint: Persis (Kingdom)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 31.5 mm. Weight: 15.79 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number66.825
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head right, wearing filleted headdress and earring.
Reverse: Fire temple with double door.
At left Autophradates to right.
At right, ornamented standard.
Above, half-figure of Ahuramazda, head right.
Inscriptions at left and in exergue. Inscription at right missing.
Reverse: Fire temple with double door.
At left Autophradates to right.
At right, ornamented standard.
Above, half-figure of Ahuramazda, head right.
Inscriptions at left and in exergue. Inscription at right missing.
ProvenanceBy 1966: with Münzen und Medaillen AG, Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen AG, October 11, 1966