Apparently Unique
454, Lot: 199. Estimate $500. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp.
Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III. Circa 400-341 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21.5mm, 14.89 g, 3h). Chian standard. Uncertain mint in Caria. Persian king, wearing
kidaris and
kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Warrior, wearing kyrbasia, thrusting spear he holds aloft in right hand, on horse galloping right; GMA (in Aramaic) below. Cf. Meadows,
Administration 327 (for type) and HN Online 1714 (for type with other letters), otherwise unpublished with this inscription. Toned, a little off center, . Near VF. Apparently unique.