ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Xerxes II-Artaxerxes II (ca. 5th-4th centuries BC). AR quarter-siglos (9mm, 1.24 gm). NGC Fine 5/5 - 3/5. 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 C. Ex Jonathan Kern, private sale with old dealer's tag

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