Persian Kings (BC 485-420) Siglos

Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.28 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Near EF, toned. Well centered and struck. MoneyMuseum coll., Zurich; Huth Coll. (Sothebyâ€™s, 3/1996, lot 119).

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City/Mint name:	Achaemenid Kings of Persia
Keywords:	silver / archaic / classical
References:	Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XII, 17); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 17; Sunrise 25; Kampmann p. 27 = AdG p. 42 (this coin)
Valuation:	CNG Triton XVIII (1/2015), lot 766 ($4,000 + comm)
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Date added:	Sep 25, 2018
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