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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roerbakmix, post: 4643566, member: 100731&quot;]These sigloi are nice little coins and can be found relatively cheap if youre patient. This one cost met €27.50 in 2019 (~$30) from a seller I know. There are four banker marks on the reverse, and one on the obverse (more a punch), which makes it more intruiging for me (you can find an overview of all the banker marks in the link below). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1147467[/ATTACH]</p><p>KINGS OF PERSIA, Xerxes I - Darius II. Denomination: AR SIglos (Type IIIb (early)), minted: Sardis; ca. 485-420 bc</p><p>Obv: Kneeling-running figure of the Great King right, transverse spear with point downward in right, bow in left, bearded, crowned. Drapery with naturalistic fold over the advanced left knee. Central banker mark.</p><p>Rev: Incuse, with four bankers marks: at 9&#039;o clock nr 71/72, at 6&#039;o clock nr 46, at 3&#039;o clock nr. 47; central nr. 1, as published by George F. Hill in the British Museum Catalog, volume on Persia, p. cxxxvii (found here: <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Siglos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Siglos" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Siglos</a>)</p><p>Weight: 5.5g; Ø:1.2mm. Catalogue: Carradice Type IIIb C (pl. XIV, 36). BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 15.. Provenance: Ex T. Nuij; acq.: 04-2019</p><p>AR Siglos (Type IIIb (early). Xerxes I - Darius II, c. 485 - 420 BC. c. 5.55 - 5.60 g.) Sardis mint. Possibly introduced in connection with the accession of Xerxes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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