Ancients
BABYLONIA. Alexandrine Empire. Ca. 328-311 BC. AV double-daric (19mm, 16.62 gm, 12h). NGC VF★ 5/5 - 4/5. Time of Stamenes to Seleucus. Persian king or hero, wearing cidaris and candys with row of jewels on hem, quiver over left shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, transverse spear in right hand, bow forward in left; no control marks / Wavy-patterned punch in incuse circle. Unpublished without control marks, but reverse die style similar to Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XX (10 January 2017), lot 377. Perfectly centered with honest wear and great eye appeal.
Ex Nomisma Collection (Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 114, 13 May 2020), lot 435
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Estimate: 8000-12000 USD