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Electronic Auction 462  26 Feb 2020
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Lot 179

Estimate: 75 USD
Price realized: 70 USD
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. Fourrée Siglos (12.5mm, 4.29 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. For prototype: cf. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XII, 17); cf. Meadows, Administration 322; cf. BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 17; cf. Sunrise 25. Porous, breaks in plating that expose core. VF.
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