Ancients
ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Time of Xerxes II-Artaxerxes II (ca. 420-375 BC). AV daric (15mm, 8.34 gm). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5. Persian king or hero in kneeling-running position right, wearing kidaris (crown) with four points and kandys (royal robe), holding transverse spear with round rear terminal in right hand and bow in left; quiver over shoulder / Rectangular incuse punch with rough interior surface. Carradice Type IIIb B, pl. XIV, 42. Deeply struck from nicely modeled dies.
Ex Heritage 3037 (NYINC 4 January 2015), lot 30296; Peus 349 (1996), lot 137.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 3500-4500 USD