View source for 2577 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Alexander type (Heracles/Zeus) (Parscoins on Ebay, 28 March 2017, PCW-A439)

{{Overstrike
|Image overstriking coin=Vadfradat_Parscoins._Ebay._March_28, _2017.jpg
|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=Ebay Parscoins, 28 March 2017 (PCW-A439) = Pars Coins, January 2018 (info DMD)
|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=280 BCE
|Date to=220 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=16.69
|Diameter=30
|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 description=Zeus seated on stool-throne left, holding eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left
|Overstruck mint=Macedonia (uncertain mint)
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC); Macedonian kingdom
|Overstruck date from=332 BCE
|Overstruck date to=280 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Overstruck standard=Attic
|Coin series reference overstruck=Price 1991; SC II, n° 82.5
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/sco/results?q=82.5
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=sure
|Remarks="Clear overstruck on an Alexander III Tetradrachm"
}}