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LOT 2850

Sold for (Inc. bp): £59


Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC.

Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (early), style B. 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. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XIII, 31). 5.45gr, 14mm.

Very Fine.

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

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