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LOT 2709
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darios II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Type IIIb (early). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: similar to 72 & 73. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 3; Sunrise 25. Near Very Fine.(5.53gr, 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 2709
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darios II AR Siglos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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