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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 6134710, member: 96898"]Splendid coins, everyone! My only siglos without heavy test cuts and banker's marks (the third picture) is a fourrée, albeit a very attractive one:[ATTACH=full]1245226[/ATTACH] Xerxes I – Artaxerxes II, "Achaemenid Empire" (probably Lydian regional issue), ca. 485–375 BC. Obv: Great King kneeling left, holding transverse spear and bow, numerous banker's marks. Rev: irregular punch. 15mm, 5.43g. Ref: Carradice 1987, type III B. [ATTACH=full]1245227[/ATTACH] Darius II – Artaxerxes II, "Achaemenid Empire" (probably Lydian regional issue), siglos, ca. 420–375 BC. Obv: Great King kneeling r., holding dagger and bow. Rev: oblong punch, test punches. 19mm, 5.22g. Ref: Carradice 1987, type IV B. Ex Ken Dorney. [ATTACH=full]1245228[/ATTACH] Artaxerxes II – Darius III, "Achaemenid Empire" (probably Lydian regional issue), fourrée siglos, ca. 375–336 BC. Obv: Great King kneeling left, holding dagger and bow, three pellets on chest. Rev: irregular punch. 14.4mm, 4.92g. Ref: Carradice 1987, type IV C (prototype).[/QUOTE]