View source for 2843 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Babylon (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (Gorny & Mosch, 240, Oct. 2016, 278)

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|Image overstriking coin=Vadfradad_I_Gorny_&_Mosch, _240, _10_Oct_2016, _278.jpg
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3380796
|Image overstruck variety=Seleucus I Babylon.jpg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2382938&AucID=5852&Lot=59
|Sale=Gorny & Mosch, 240, 10 Oct 2016, 278 =  Gorny & Mosch, 249, 11 Oct 2017, 352 = Gorny & Mosch, 26, 9 Mar 2020, 573
|Obverse description=Head of Vadfradat right, wearing earring, satrapal cap (kyrbasia) and diadem. Border of dots.
|Reverse legend=wtpr in Aramaic to outer right; p in Aramaic to inner right; (lh' in Aramaic) in exergue: "Vadfradad, the Frataraka of the Gods, Son"
|Reverse legend language=Aramaic
|Reverse description=Fire Temple with half-figure of Ahura-Mazda; to left, satrap standing right, in prayer and bow; to right, standard. Border of dots.
|Mint=Istakhr (Persepolis)
|Ancient region=Persis
|Authority=Kingdom of Persis; Vadfradad II of Persis
|Date from=240 BCE
|Date to=200 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=16.94
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Attic
|Coin series reference=Alram 1986, n° 533-538; Klose - Müseler 2008, 2/17; Nelson 2011, n° 569; Van't Haaff 2020, p. 77, n° 533
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/persepolis.vadfradad_i.klose_museler.2008.2.17-20
|Overstruck obverse description=Beardless head of Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress.
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck reverse description=Zeus seated on stool-throne left, holding eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left.
|Overstruck mint=Babylon
|Overstruck ancient region=Babylonia
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC); Macedonian kingdom
|Overstruck date from=305 BCE
|Overstruck date to=295 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Overstruck standard=Attic
|Coin series reference overstruck=Price 1991, n° 3777-3778; Nelson 2011, n° 569; SC II, n° 82.5
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/sco/results?q=82.5
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Remarks="Überprägung einer Tetradrachme Alexanders III. aus "Babylon"! Aramäische Graffiti auf der Vs., ss Vom Untergepräge sind noch die Silhouette des Herakleskopfes auf dem Avers und Legendenreste auf dem Revers, darunter das Beizeichen ΒΛ, erhalten. Es muss sich um den Typ Price 3777 oder 3778 handeln, der zwischen 305 und 295 v. Chr. vermutlich in Babylon geprägt wurde."
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