Ancients
ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Xerxes II-Artaxerxes II (5th-4th centuries BC). AV daric (16mm, 8.33 gm). NGC Choice XF★ 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, drapery in angular form from left knee to ground, right knee obscured by drapery, transverse spear in right hand, bow forward in left / Irregular rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B. Sunrise 24.
Ex Heritage Auction 3081 (12 January 2020), lot 30110; Private Japanese Collection; Heritage Auction 3024 (CICF, 18 April 2013), lot 24673
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Estimate: 1000-2000 USD