PERSIA, ACHAEMENID EMPIRE
DARIOS I TO XERXES I
AR SIGLOS
SCARCE

• Date: C, 485 BC
• Obv: Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow; two pellets behind beard
• Rev: Incuse punch
• Size: 15 mm
• Weight: 5.45g
• Ref: BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 19
• Condition: Countermarks and test marks to obverse & reverse but good metal