Lot 2182

Sale 53 · Important Australian Coins & Banknotes

Persian Imperial Coinage, Artaxerses (475-420 B.C.), silver siglos, (5.5 grams), obv. king as bearded archer kneeling to right with spear and bow, rev. oblong incuse punch, (S.4678, Bab. Pl.86, 11, Carradice type IIIb). With three obverse and three reverse bankers countermarks, otherwise fine and interesting.