ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
Head of Autophradates right, wearing earring, satrapal cap (kyrbasia) and diadem. Border of dots.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
"Vadfradad, the Frataraka of the Gods, Son" (Aramaic) (Aramaic) Fire Temple with half-figure of Ahura-Mazda. To left, satrap standing right, in prayer and bow. To right standard. Border of dots.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 240 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 220 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams).in grams: 16.8316.83 g <br />16,830 mg <br />
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br />
"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Alram 1986, n° 533-538, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Klose - Müseler 2008, 2/17, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Nelson 2011, n° 568 var. (no bow), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Van't Haaff 2020, p. 77, n° 533
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 332 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 280 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.ᵖ:
"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Price 1991
"Overstruck on an Thasian imitation tetradrachm" (nb: obviously wrong: one sees the letter ΒAΣIΛE... on the reverse)
References
^Alram, Michael (1986), Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band IV: Nomina Propria Iranica In Nummis, Vienna.
^Klose, Dietrich O. A. - Müseler, Wilhelm (2008), Statthalter Rebellen Könige - Die Münzen aus Persepolis von Alexander dem Großen zu den Sasaniden, Munich, xii, 90 p.
^Nelson, Bradley R. (2011), Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster
^van't Haff, Pieter Anne (2020), Catalogue of Persis Coinage, Ca. 280 B.C. - A.D. 228, 2020
^Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.
periodTime period of the numismatic object.
