View source for 2585 - Istakhr (Baydad I) (tetradrachm Baydad/fire temple) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, EA 393, March 2007, 202)

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|Image overstriking coin=Baydad_Classical_Numismatic_Group,_393,_15_Mar_2007,_202.jpg
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3794237
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, 393, 15 Mar 2007, 202
|Obverse description=Head of Baydat right, with short beard and mustache, wearing earring, satrapal cap (kyrbasia) with flaps tied behind and diadem. Border of dots.
|Reverse legend="Baydad, son of Bagawart, dynast of Fars"
|Reverse legend language=Aramaic
|Reverse description=Fire Temple of Ahura-Mazda. To left, king standing right, in prayer. To right standard. Border of dots.
|Mint=Istakhr (Persepolis)
|Ancient region=Persis
|Authority=Baydad I of Persis; Kingdom of Persis
|Date from=300 BCE
|Date to=250 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=16.18
|Diameter=28
|Axis=3
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Attic
|Coin series reference=Alram 1986, n° 515; Klose - Müseler 2008, 2/3; Nelson 2011, n° 560; Van't Haaff 2020, p. 64-65, n° 515;
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/persepolis.baydad.klose_museler.2008.2.3-4
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=sure
|Remarks=Overstruck on an uncertain Alexander type.
}}