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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. 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; uncertain countermarks (cf. 126 and 168) / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 116 and 202. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.44gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine.
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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