ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Xerxes II-Artaxerxes II (5th-4th centuries BC). AV daric (18mm, 8.32 gm). NGC MS 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardes, ca. 400-350 BC. Persian king or hero, wearing cidaris and candys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drapery in long curve from left knee to right ankle, right knee obscured by drapery, transverse spear in right hand, bow forward in left / Rectangular, patterned incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C. Sunrise 28. Struck from unusually attractive style dies on shimmering, velvety surfaces.

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