Today I got one of the best coins in my collection. This coin feels great in hand . It is heavy 27 gram silver coin with iconic image of great Persian king Darius on a chariot. It shows the Egyptian ruler walking behind (A great propaganda of the day on the coin). What I also love about this coin is detail of his hand raised commanding or saluting the crowd. Please post your similar coins of Achaemenid dynasty PHOENICIA, Sidon. Ba`alšillem (Sakton) II. Circa 401-365 BC. AR Dishekel (29.5mm, 27.48 g, 12h). Phoenician galley left; B (in Phoenician) above, waves below / Persian king and driver in chariot left; behind, king of Sidon, in Egyptian style garments, holding cultic scepter and votive vase, walking left. E&E-S Group IV.1.1.a; HGC 10, 236. VF, toned, some roughness and surface granularity. From a European collection formed prior to the First World War. Ex-CNG Auc 445
What a wonderful coin! This is after the fall of Assyria, an empire that lasted three times as long as the Roman Empire.
Erhan, Great score ! That's a hefty chunk of silver, almost a troy ounce . The coin must have been a presentation piece.
Thanks guys . Happy you liked it. @TIF No worries I am sure you will get one soon. These come up in auctions recently . I saw one in Kunker and Heritage a month back or so and they were way better than this one condition wise but they went up so high so I did not bid . The reason I chose this though was that it has a provenance going back to before world war one. https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotv...ot=30195&Val=153417a979b95ea9a7f791f7d261113a https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotv...&Lot=783&Val=98dee9e66c201d7da1b627eef13beab6
Super coin @Erhan ! Really like that one. Here is a polar-opposite denomination and size coin of an Achaemenid... CILICIA Uncertn Early-mid 4th C BCE AR Tetartemorion 5mm 0.17g Persian king running dagger and bow - Crowned hd Achaemenid king CNG E239 Troxell Kagan 4
