Nomos AG
Auction 22 22 Jun 2021
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Achaemenid Empire. Time of Darios I to Xerxes II, circa 485-420 BC. Daric (Gold, 16 mm, 8.37 g), Sardes. Persian king in the running-kneeling position to right, holding transverse spear in his right hand and bow in his left; quiver over his shoulder. Rev. Oblong irregular incuse. BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 27. Carradice Type IIIb A/B (pl. XII 27). Meadows, Administration 321. SNG Copenhagen 274. Very well-centered and unusually sharply struck - a superb example with a lovely toning. About extremely fine.
Ex Hess Divo 334, 29 May 2018, 83 and from the Osaka Collection.
Achaemenid Empire. Time of Darios I to Xerxes II, circa 485-420 BC. Daric (Gold, 16 mm, 8.37 g), Sardes. Persian king in the running-kneeling position to right, holding transverse spear in his right hand and bow in his left; quiver over his shoulder. Rev. Oblong irregular incuse. BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 27. Carradice Type IIIb A/B (pl. XII 27). Meadows, Administration 321. SNG Copenhagen 274. Very well-centered and unusually sharply struck - a superb example with a lovely toning. About extremely fine.
Ex Hess Divo 334, 29 May 2018, 83 and from the Osaka Collection.