Ancients
ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Darius I-Xerxes II (ca. 5th century BC). AV daric (16mm, 8.33 gm). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 5/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint, ca. 485-420 BC. Persian king or hero, wearing cidaris and candys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drapery in angular form from left knee to ground, right knee obscured by drapery, transverse spear in right hand, bow forward in left / Irregular rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B. Sunrise 24. Struck on bright flan.
From the Silas Collection
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