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Persia, Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darios I. to Artaxerxes II, (cc. 490-375 B.C.) AR-Siglos, Type IIIb.,

Persia, Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darios I. to Artaxerxes II, (cc. 490-375 B.C.) AR-Siglos, Type IIIb.,
avers: Persian king or hero in kneeling/running stance to right, holding spear and bow, with some control countermarks.
reverse: Incuse punch, with some control countermarks.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 12,0x16,0mm, weight: 5,13g, axes: 0h,
mint: Achaemenid Empire, Typ:III, date: cc. 485-420 B.C., ref: Carradice type IIIb, pl.XII, 16-19, (Several Countermarks on avers and reverse),
Q-001

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Filename:	Achaemenid_Empire,_Darios_I__to_Xerxes_II,_AR-Siglos,Typ-III,_King-kneeling,_Incuse-punch,_with_control_punchs,_cc_485-420_BC,_Q-001,_0h,_12x16mm,_5,13g-s.jpg
Album name:	quadrans / Eastern Empires, PERSIA,
Keywords:	Persia, Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darios I. to Artaxerxes II, (cc. 490-375 B.C.) AR-Siglos, Type IIIb.,
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Jay GT4

[Dec 08, 2018 at 01:17 PM]

This one has been around the block a few times. Great coin!