Wadfradad I

Wadfradad I
Coin of Wadfradad I, Persepolis mint
Frataraka of Persis
Reign	146 – 138 BC (?)
Predecessor	Baydad
Successor	Wadfradad II
Died	138 BC (?)
Religion	Zoroastrianism

Wadfradad I, Hellenized as Autophradates I was a dynast (frataraka) of Persis in the late 2nd-century BC, ruling from 146 to 138 BC. He was succeeded by Wadfradad II.

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