Sale: Nomos 8, Lot: 194. Estimate CHF375. Closing Date: Monday, 21 October 2013. Sold For CHF340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. Time of Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III. Circa 375-340 BC. Siglos (Silver, 13x15mm, 5.46 g). Persian king, wearing radiate tiara, in running/kneeling stance to right, holding dagger in his right hand and bow in his left, quiver over his shoulder.
Rev. Oblong incuse. BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 19. Carradice Type IV C (pl. XIV, 46). Attractive, but with some flatness. Good very fine.
From a northern European collection, acquired in the United States.