PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AR Siglos (13mm, 5.28 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Good Fine.

Electronic Auction 545
Lot: 296. Estimated: $ 200

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AR Siglos (13mm, 5.28 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II (pl. XI, 12); Meadows, Administration 320; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 23; Sunrise 21. Toned, patches of find patina. Good Fine.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 304 (12 June 2013), lot 171; Elvira Elisa Clain-Stefanelli Collection [sold as the Demarete Collection] (Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio 172, 13 November 2012), lot 11707 (part of).


Closing Date and Time: 30 August 2023 at 11:38:20 ET.

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