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LOT 3275
Persia, Achaemenid Empire. Time of Artaxerxes II to Darios III AR Obol(?) 4th century BC. Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor (Ionia or Caria?).
Head of Satrap to right, wearing bashlyk / Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding spear and bow. Corfù pl. 4, 3; Sunrise 92 (Uncertain Cilicia). Very Fine.(0.59gr, 12mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3275
Persia, Achaemenid Empire. Time of Artaxerxes II to Darios III AR Obol(?)
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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