Siglos - Artaxerxes II / Darius III THE ROYAL COINAGE - 4th type C - late

Features

Issuer	Achaemenid Empire (Achaemenid Empire (559 BC - 330 BC))
Król	Artaxerxes II Mnemon (405 BC - 358 BC) Darius III Codomannus (336 BC - 330 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	375 BC - 330 BC
Value	Siglos (1⁄20)
Currency	Daric (521 BC-330 BC)
Composition	Srebro (.950)
Weight	5.5 g
Diameter	14 mm
Thickness	4 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 85271
References	SNG Copenhagen# 1031 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Barclay VH# Plate I - 27 Barclay V. Head; 1877. The Coinage of Lydia and Persia: from the Earliest Times to the Fall of the Dynasty of the Achaemenidae. Trübner, London, United Kingdom. , BMC Greek# 176 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).

Obverse

(en) The king, bearded, crowned, and clad in long robe, with belt round waist, and ornamented with annulets or buttons in front, kneeling right on one knee (running position), at his back a quiver, in his outstretched left a strung bow, king holds short sword or dagger (akinakès) instead of arrow.

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Reverse

(en) Irregular incuse of oblong form.

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Edge

Zwykły Automatically translated

Comments

(en) Brit Mus Plate I 27
SS#45

Presence of rings,from 2 to 5,in the garment of the Great King

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Date		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (375 BC - 336 BC)	(en) Type IV C - late	78%
ND (336 BC - 330 BC)	(en) Type IV C - late (Darius III)	6%

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Actual srebro weight: 0.168 oz

Current srebro price: 73.88 USD/oz (see silver price

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