Details
LOT 2710
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darios II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch with uncertain designs in the middle and corner; countermark: similar to 87 & 88 (unlisted). Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10; Sunrise -. Near Very Fine. Very rare with this incuse punch.(5.59gr, 16mm.).
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 2710
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darios II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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