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LOT 3364

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65


Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.

Lydo-Milesian standard. 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. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.56gr, 15mm.

Near Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides and uncertain legend on reverse.

PROVENANCE:
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

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