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152401. Sold For $3250

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. Time of Artaxerxes I to Xerxes II. Circa 455-420 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.32 g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger and bow / Incuse punch, [in which is a lion's head facing downward]. Cf. Carradice Type IV, Group A (pl. XIII, 32); cf. BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 9; CNG 66 (19 May 2004), lot 731. Near EF. Trace of lion head remaining in die. Extremely rare.


A number of markings in the reverse dies of sigloi of this same Carradice type and group are known, including a left-turned lion's head (cf. BMC Arabia pg. 163, 110ff, and Carradice, "The Dinar Hoard of Persian Sigloi," Essays Price, pg. 71, 146-151). There are no darics recorded with these markings, however, nor is there a downward (or right) facing lion's head type among the sigloi. The significance of these designs or symbols is unknown.