ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Xerxes II-Artaxerxes II (5th-4th centuries BC). AV daric (16mm, 8.41 gm). NGC Choice AU S 5/5 - 5/5. 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 / Irregular rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C. Sunrise 28. A gorgeous piece featuring a well-centered strike on a butterscotch flan. HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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