View source for 2811 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (The New York Sale, 37, Jan. 2016, 245)

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|Image overstriking coin=Vadfradad I New York Sale, 37, 5 Jan 2016, 245.jpg
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2837573
|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=Baldwin, 50, 7 Apr 2007, 63 = The New York Sale, 37, 5 Jan 2016, 245
|Private collection=Sunrise Collection
|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=16.57
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Attic
|Coin reference=Alram 1986, n° 540-542; Nelson 2011, n° 571; Van't Haaff 2020, p. 79, n° 540
|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=ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ
|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 authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC); Macedonian kingdom
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Overstruck standard=Attic
|Coin series reference overstruck=Price 1991
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/sco/results?q=82.5
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Remarks="Overstruck on an earlier issue."
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