358, Lot: 174. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp.
Artaxerxes I to Xerxes II. Circa 455-420 BC. AR Siglos (12mm, 5.53 g). Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing
kidaris and
kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV A (pl. XIII, 33); cf. Meadows,
Administration 326; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 7. VF, toned, several banker’s marks or counterstamps. Nice metal.