one year type to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen
6h (S 1603
front elevation of the palace
holding trident and palm branch
wearing an ornamental collar
Achaemenid, gold Daric, VF 5/5, 4/5 one year type to celebrateAchaemenid, Darios I to Xerxes II, circa 485 420 BC, gold Daric, Sardes mint, Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left, rev. incuse punch, 8. 23g (Carradice Type IIIb). Well centred, small scrape at 12 o'clock, good very fine, in NGC holder graded VF, strike 5 5, surface 4 5 (scuff).