Lot 3276
Sale 99 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes
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Description
Persia - Lydia, Achaemenid Empire, Persian Imperial Coinage (c.485-420 B.C.), struck in period of Darios I - Xerxes I, gold daric, (8.30 gm), 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 (early), Group A/B, nos.27, Pl.XIII, BMC Arabia Pl.XXIV, 26, SNG Cop. 274). Softly struck, nearly very fine, scarce.
Ex Spink & Son, London with their ticket. illustrated in the Australian Numismatist 2007 in a paper by Tom May 'Trade Gold - Some Key Coins of World Commerce in History' (p.56).
- Estimate
- $1,400
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $2,200