Description
Achaemenid Empire, period of Xerxes I to Darios II, Gold Daric (8.31g, 15mm, Attic gold standard), Sardes mint, Lydia circa 485-420 BC. Obverse: Persian Hero or the Achaemenid King of Kings facing to the right in a kneeling stance, draped in royal kidaris and kandys, armed with spear in right hand and holding bow aloft in left. Reverse: Single oblong, incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XII, 27); Sunrise-24. A well-known and widely collected Achaemenid type which has seen continued interest in recent times, well centred for the type with basically all obverse devices present, a nice example, good Very Fine.
