PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AR Quarter Siglos (8.5mm, 1.26 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint.

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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AR Quarter Siglos (8.5mm, 1.26 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; Meadows, Administration –; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 27; Sunrise 30 corr. (not Klein 764; this coin). Old collection tone, typical light porosity. VF.

From the Mercury Group Collection, purchased from Tom Vossen, 4 December 2004.


Closing Date and Time: 22 September 2021 at 12:28:40 ET.

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