Ancient Persian Gold Daric – Achaemenid Empire, Artaxerxes I to Xerxes II (5th Century BC) | NGC Choice XF

Description

ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Artaxerxes I-Xerxes II (ca. 5th century BC). AV daric (18mm, 8.35 gm). NGC Choice XF 3/5 – 3/5, scuff. 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. Attractive oblong flan permits nearly full portrait of the king with lustrous recesses.