PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.35 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II (pl. XI, 11); Meadows, Administration 319; BMC Arabia –; Sunrise 19 (this coin). Near EF, underlying luster. Well centered. Rare.
From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 154201 (January 2005).