Ancients ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Darius I-Xerxes I (late 6th-early 5th

Ancients
ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Darius I-Xerxes I (late 6th-early 5th centuries BC). AV daric (14mm, 8.34 gm). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Sardes, ca. 505-480 BC. Persian king or hero, wearing cidaris and candys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing back bow and preparing to shoot arrow / Irregular rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type II (pl. XI, 11). Meadows, Administration 319. Sunrise 19. Rare early issue. Firmly struck on bright, matte surfaces. All details exceptionally crisp from fresh dies.

Ex Stack's Bowers (& Ponterio), Sale 182 NYINC Sessions A-B (10 January 2014), lot 86

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Estimate: 15000-25000 USD