Carradice Type I Siglos
441, Lot: 183. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp.
Darios I. Circa 520-505 BC. AR Siglos (13.5mm, 5.33 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Half-length bust of Persian king or hero right, wearing
kidaris and
kandys, holding bow in left hand, arrows in right / Incuse punch. Carradice Type I (pl. XI, 10); Meadows,
Administration 318; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 25; Sunrise 17. VF, toned. Good metal for issue.