|
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. Daric and/or Siglos Die (29mm, 56.49 g). Incuse Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger and bow / Rough surface. For coin type, see Carradice Type IV B. Brown patina with earthen deposits. As made. Extremely rare.
The type engraved on this die appears on both Achaemenid darics and sigloi. While the high state of preservation of the details suggests the die may be unused, it is also possible that it had limited use striking the softer gold used for darics. What remains uncertain, though is whether this is an official die, or that of a counterfeiter. Most known ancient dies are of the latter type, but one also wonders whether this die may have had a non-numismatic use. Regardless, all aspects of this piece clearly indicate its ancient origin is not in doubt.
The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 124 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 19-20 September 2023. This lot is in Session Two, which will begin 19 September at 2 PM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
|
