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LOT 2759
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes III to Darios III AE Unit. Circa 350-333 BC. Uncertain mint in Ionia or Caria.
Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding spear and bow / Two concentric squares; line projecting outward from one side of the outer square. Bodzek pl. IX, 4; Sunrise 72. Good Very Fine.(1.31gr, 13mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Classical Numismatic Group.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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LOT 2759
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes III to Darios III AE Unit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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