GOLD DARIC, PERSIAN EMPIRE, ACHAEMENID DYNASTY, XERXES II - ARTAXERXES II
Carradice Type IIIb C, Sunrise 28, Extremely Fine, 17.5mm !, 8.34 grams, Sardes mint, Struck Circa. 420 -375 B.C.E.
Obverse: Persian King running to right with Spear and Bow
Reverse: Incuse punch
A BEAUTIFUL example on an unusualy large flan!
The Persian daric is known as Darkamon in the biblical books of Ezra (2:69) and Nehemiah (7:69, 70, 71) and also circulated in the time of the Biblical book of Esther.
