Ancients ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Darius I-Xerxes I (ca. 505-480 BC). AV

Ancients
ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Darius I-Xerxes I (ca. 505-480 BC). AV daric (15mm, 8.34 gm). NGC Choice MS 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. Impeccable center strike of archer in a dynamic pose with strong horizontal flow lines which give the appearance of moving swiftly forward.

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