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ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Time of Darius I-Xerxes II (ca. 5th century BC). AV daric (16mm, 8.33 gm). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5. Sardes, ca. 485-420 BC. Persian king or hero, wearing cidaris and candys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drapery angular from left knee to right ankle, right knee obscured by drapery, transverse spear in right hand, bow forward in left; cross in exergue / Irregular rectangular incuse punch with textured interior surfaces. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B. Unpublished type with cross. Cf. Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XXIV (19 January 2021), lot 793 (same dies).
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ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Time of Darius I-Xerxes II (ca. 5th century BC). AV daric (16mm, 8.33 gm). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5. Sardes, ca. 485-420 BC. Persian king or hero, wearing cidaris and candys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drapery angular from left knee to right ankle, right knee obscured by drapery, transverse spear in right hand, bow forward in left; cross in exergue / Irregular rectangular incuse punch with textured interior surfaces. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B. Unpublished type with cross. Cf. Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XXIV (19 January 2021), lot 793 (same dies).
From the WTR Collection
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-achaemenid-persia-time-of-darius-i-xerxes-ii-ca-5th-century-bc-av-daric-16mm-833-gm-ngc-choice-au/a/3099-31212.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3099-05052022
HID02906262019
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