Ancients
ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Darius I (ca. 520-505 BC). AR siglos (15mm, 5.26 gm). NGC XF★ 5/5 - 4/5. Half-length bust of Persian hero-king right, crowned and wearing royal robes, bow outward in left hand, arrows in right / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type I (pl. XI, 10). BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 25. Sunrise 17 (this coin). Very rare. Highly attractive example of the type with beautiful toning throughout.
From the WTR Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII (6 January 2015), lot 220; The Sunrise Collection
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