ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Xerxes II-Artaxerxes II (5th-4th centuries BC). AV daric (16mm, 8.32 gm). NGC MS S 5/5 - 5/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes, ca. 420-375 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 Class C. Sunrise 28. Crisply struck and perfectly centered on a pleasing, oval flan, with considerable original luster. Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3057 (7 September 2017), lot 30161. HID09801242017 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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