PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. temp. Stamenes – Seleukos. Satraps of Babylon, circa 328/3-311 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.33 g). Babylon mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding transverse spear in right hand, bow in left; satrapal bonnet to left / Patterned incuse punch. Nicolet-Pierre 12; Sunrise 159; Münzen und Medaillen AG XXV, lot 479; Triton XVIII, lot 24 = Triton XVI, lot 581 (same rev. punch). Underlying luster, small lamination in field on obverse, a few light scrapes. VF. Very rare. From the Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection. Ex Stack's (14 June 1993), lot 6.
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