Watch List notes:

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. Time of Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II, circa 420-375 BC. Daric (Gold, 16 mm, 8.37 g), Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardes. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, and with quiver over his shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding spear in his right hand and bow in his left. Rev. Irregular incuse punch. BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12-3. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C and pl. XIV, 42). Sunrise 28. Very well centered and nicely toned. Minor marks and with light deposits, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, ex Hess-Leu 49, 27-28 April 1971, 289.