Ancients
ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Xerxes II-Artaxerxes II (5th-4th centuries BC). AV daric (17mm, 8.36 gm). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 5/5. Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardes, ca. 420-375 BC. Persian king or hero, wearing cidaris and candys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drapery in long curve from left knee to right ankle, right knee obscured by drapery, transverse spear in right hand, bow forward in left / Irregular rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C. Sunrise 28. Satiny, deep yellow flan.
Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 231803 (18 January 2018), lot 63065
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Estimate: 800-1200 USD