Persia
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Xerxes II - Artaxerses II
AV Daric 8.3594 g, 14.7 mm
420-375 BC
1. Hill, George Francis. 1922. Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Arabia Mesopotamia and Persia. Page 156 #58 and Plate XXV #12. London: British Museum. 2. 1961. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals Danish National Museum. Part 38. Palestine-Characene. #276. Copenhagen: Einar Munksgaard. 3. Carradice, Ian. 1987. The 'Regal' Coinage of the Persian Empire. In Coinage and Administration in the Athenian and Persian Empires: The Ninth Oxford Symposium on Coinage and Monetary History, edited by Carradice, Ian. Page 78, Type IIIb (late) and Page 95 #42. Plate XIV #42. Oxford: B.A.R. International series 343.
Obverse
Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance, facing right, holding a spear and bow.
Reverse
Rough incuse punch.