ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Artaxerxes I-Xerxes II (ca. 5th century BC). AV daric

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ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Artaxerxes I-Xerxes II (ca. 5th century BC). AV daric (11mm, 8.31 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 – 4/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes, ca. 485-420 BC. Persian king or hero, wearing cidaris and candys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drapery in angular form from left knee to ground, right knee obscured by drapery, transverse spear in right hand, bow forward in left / Irregular rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B. Sunrise 24. Intact detail