26 Centuries of Gold
485-420 BC "Daric" or "Stater" of the Persian Empire
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
ANCIENT - GREEK EMPIRES (6th CENT BC - 5th CENT AD) ACHAEMENID EMPIRE c.5th Century BC |
| Item Description: |
AV Daric Achaemenid Empire spear. rv incuse punch. obv hero-king w/bow & |
| Full Grade: |
NGC XF Strike: 4/5 Surface: 3/5 |
| Owner: |
deposito |
Owner Comments:
Struck after the time of the battles of Marathon and Thermopylae between the Greek cities and the Persians as described in Herodotus, and into the time of the Peloponnesian War.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint, 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.