Persian Empire, Lydia, Anatolia, Darios I - Xerxes II, c. 485

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Persian Empire, Lydia, Anatolia, Darios I - Xerxes II, c. 485 - 420 B.C.
|Persia| |&| |Mesopotamia|, |Persian| |Empire,| |Lydia,| |Anatolia,| |Darios| |I| |-| || |Xerxes| |II,| |c.| |485| |-| |420| |B.C.|,

This type was minted in Lydia, Anatolia, while under Persian control, prior to Alexander the Great's conquest. The Persian or Achaemenid Empire (c. 550 - 330 B.C.) was the largest empire in ancient history extending across Asia, Africa and Europe, including Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, parts of Central Asia, Asia Minor, Thrace and Macedonia, much of the Black Sea coastal regions, Iraq, northern Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Palestine and Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and much of ancient Egypt as far west as Libya.

SH12099. Gold daric, Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26; Sunrise 24, SNG Cop 275, SGCV II 4679, Choice EF, weight 8.284g, maximum diameter 15.3mm, c. 485 - 420 B.C.; obverse kneeling-running figure of the Great King right, bearded, wearing crown and kidaris, a quiver at his shoulder, transverse spear downward in right hand, bow in extended left hand; reverse irregular approximately rectangular punch; SOLD