PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes III to Darios III. Circa 350-333 BC. Æ Unit (13mm, 2.14 g). Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor (Ionia or Sardes?).

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Estimate: $ 100

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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes III to Darios III. Circa 350-333 BC. Æ Unit (13mm, 2.14 g). Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor (Ionia or Sardes?). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; BA to left (only traces visible); c/m: star in incuse circle / Incuse rectangle, containing pattern possibly depicting relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos. Johnston, Earliest, Æ 1–4; cf. Meadows, Administration 328 (tetradrachm); Mildenberg, Münzwesen pp. 25-26 and pl. XIII, 112; BMC Ionia p. 324, 7. Dark green patina, light scratches, shallow cut on reverse. Near VF.


Closing Date and Time: 18 December 2019 at 11:00:00 ET.

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