PERSIAN GOLD DARIC – ISSUE OF CA. 485-420 BC – AU NGC GRADED ACHAEMENID EMPIRE COIN (Inv. 19790)

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19790. PERSIA. ACHAEMENID EMPIRE. ARTAXERXES I–XERXES II, ca. 485–420 BC.
Gold Daric, 8.31 g, 16 mm. Issue of Sardes.
Obv. King running right, wearing tall turreted crown, carrying bow and spear, small quiver on shoulder. Rev. Incuse punch.
Carradice Type IIIb, group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration, 321; BMC Arabia, pl. XXIV, 26; Sunrise 24.
NGC graded AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, lustrous and perfectly centered.