Ancients
ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Xerxes II-Artaxerxes II (5th-4th centuries BC). AR quarter-siglos (9mm, 1.34 gm). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes, ca. 420-375 BC. Persian king or hero, wearing cidaris and candys, drapery in angular form from left knee to ground, no indentation at waistline, in kneeling-running stance right, quiver over shoulder, bow forward in left hand, dagger pointed at waist in right / Irregular rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type IV B. Sunrise 30 (this coin). Golden sheen on fresh metal.
From the WTR Collection. Ex Sunrise Collection
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