Persian Kings (BC 420-375) Siglos

Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II, ca 420-375 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.53g). 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. VF, toned, area of flat strike at high point of obverse. High relief. Rare. Sunrise Coll.

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Filename:	980002315B15D.jpg
City/Mint name:	Achaemenid Kings of Persia
Keywords:	silver / classical
References:	Carradice Type IIIb, Group C (pl. XIV, 36); Meadows, Administration 324; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 15; Sunrise 29 (this coin)
Valuation:	CNG Triton XVIII (1/2015), lot 231 ($325 + comm)
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Filesize:	89 KiB
Date added:	Sep 25, 2018
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