Ancients
ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Time of Darius I-Xerxes II (ca. 485-420 BC). AV daric (17mm, 8.33 gm). NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5. 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 / Rectangular irregular incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B. Beautifully struck on satiny surfaces.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 4000-5000 USD