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LOT 3049
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: 42. Carradice Type IIIb. Near Very Fine.(5.65gr, 15mm.).
Provenance
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Footnotes
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
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LOT 3049
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
