PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III. Circa 400-341 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 14.79 g, 12h). Chian standard. Uncertain mint in Caria.

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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III. Circa 400-341 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 14.79 g, 12h). Chian standard. Uncertain mint in Caria. Warrior, wearing kyrbasia, on horseback right, thrusting spear he holds aloft in right hand; to left, head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow. Konuk, Influences, Group 5, 4 and pl. XXX, 17; Meadows, Administration 327 var. (BA on obv.); Mildenberg, Münzwesen pp. 26–7, and pl. XIV, 122–3 var. (letters on obv.); Sunrise 73–4 var. (controls on rev.). Iridescent tone, some porosity, off center. Good VF. Well-detailed Persian king.


Closing Date and Time: 6 May 2020 at 11:10:00 ET.

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