Lot 3336
Sale 79 · Important Australian & World Coins, Tokens, Medals & Banknotes
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Persia - Lydia, Achaemenid Empire, Persian Imperial Coinage (c.455-420 B.C.), struck in period of Darios I - Xerxes I, gold daric, (8.286 grams), Sardes mint, obv. bearded archer (king?) running to the right with transverse spear over shoulder, and bow in right hand, rev. oblong punch, (S.4679, Carradice type IIIb (late), Group C, nos.42, Pl.XIV, BMC Arabia 58, cf.SNG Cop. 274). Good very fine, with underlying mint bloom, scarce.
Ex Spink & Son, London c.2001 and previously from Sotheby's, London, October 4, 1991 (lot 52)
- Estimate
- $3,200
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $3,300