398, Lot: 340. Estimate $300. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp.
Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.50 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Persian king or hero, wearing
kidaris and
kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); Meadows,
Administration –; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10. Good VF, toned. Well struck for type.