ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Xerxes II-Artaxerxes II (ca. 5th-4th centuries BC). AR siglos (16mm, 5.36mm). NGC Fine 4/5 - 3/5, scratches, flan flaw. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes, ca. 400-340 BC. Persian king or hero, wearing cidaris and candys, drapery in angular form from left knee to ground, with indentation at waistline, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, bow forward in left hand, dagger pointed at waist in right / Irregular rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type IV Group C. Ex Pegasi Numismatics, private sale with old dealer tag

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