Ancients
ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Time of Darius I-Xerxes II (ca. 485-420 BC). AV daric (15mm, 8.34 gm). NGC VF 4/5 - 4/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing cidaris and candys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, transverse spear in right hand, bow forward in left, cross below / Irregular incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B. Unpublished type with the cross.
Ex CNG 105 (10 May 2017), lot 441.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD