423, Lot: 204. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp.
Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.40 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing
kidaris and
kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows,
Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26; Sunrise 24. VF, small deposit in field on obverse. Well centered.
From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, August 1994 .