★ Well defined profile portrait ★

Persia, Achaemenid kings, time of Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II, circa 420-375 BC. AR Siglos (12.8 mm, 5.49 g.). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint, type IV (middle) B. Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left; countermark. Rev. Oblong incuse punch; countermark. Carradice, Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10; SNG Kayhan 1041. Lightly toned. About good very fine. Nice and attractively defined example with clearly visible profile portrait and the garment.