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| Persian Empire. Achaemenids. Time of Xerxes I - Ataxerxes I (486-424 BC) AR Siglos |
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Attribution: Carradice Type IIIb group A/B; BMC Arabia plate XXIV coin 28
Date: 486-424 BC
Obverse: Great King right, in a running or kneeling stance, holding bow and spear
Reverse: Shallow, irregularly shaped incuse
Size: 14.83mm
Weight: 5.50 grams
Rarity:  5
Description: toned VF, banker's punches: archaic-style calf and Y, X at edge. ANS Notes and Monographs No. 136, Two Hoards of Persian Sigloi, by Sydney P. Noe, documents two lots of these coins, of uncertain provenance, that came on the New York market in 1950. #63 shows a countermark similar to this remarkable calf's head behind the Great King's elbow, but facing right rather than left. Coins 14 and 15 appear to be from the same punch die as this coin. From the Ed Flinn Collection. Pictured on Ed Flinn's website - An Achaemenid Siglos.
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