403, Lot: 277. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1300. 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. AV Daric (15mm, 8.31 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing
kidaris and
kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Gtoup C (pl. XIV, 36); Meadows,
Administration –; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 15; Sunrise 29. VF, underlying luster. Well centered on a broad flan.