PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes I to Darios II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.48 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Near VF.

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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes I to Darios II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.48 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb A/B (pl. XII); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 17; Sunrise 25. Lightly toned, deposits, bankers’ marks. Near VF.

From the Don T. Hayes Collection. Ex Pegasi Numismatics BBS 118 (27 March 2000), lot 653.


Closing Date and Time: 2 August 2023 at 10:49:00 ET.

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