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LOT 2853

Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.

Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint 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; countermark 196 and 'lvv' in Lydian within rectangular incuse / Oblong incuse punch; uncertain countermarks. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. Near Very Fine. Unpublished and apparently unique countermarked inscription in Lydian, bearing possibly a personal name.(5.56gr, 15mm.).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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Unique Incused Inscription

LOT 2853

Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

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