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Electronic Auction 452  18 Sep 2019
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Lot 478

Estimate: 75 USD
Price realized: 60 USD
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes III to Darios III. Circa 350-333 BC. Æ Unit (11.5mm, 1.62 g). Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor (Ionia or Sardes?). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; B[A] to left / Incuse rectangle, containing pattern possibly depicting relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos. Johnston, Earliest, Æ 1–4; cf. Meadows, Administration 328 (tetradrachm); Mildenberg, Münzwesen pp. 25-26 and pl. XIII, 112; BMC Ionia p. 324, 7. Green-brown patina, rough surfaces, countermark on obverse. Fine.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection.
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