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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4648201, member: 96898&quot;]I very much like this type and have a few examples myself (see below). Yet, in case that you are looking for this type because of the association with Xerxes, it&#039;s probably necessary to add that some recent and from my non-expert perspective convincing scholarship argues that these coins constitute regional issues from the Persian satrapy of Lydia instead of Achaemenid imperial coins. Though they were the predominant type of coin from Asia Minor under Persian rule, it seems questionable whether the sigloi and dareikoi were actually struck on behalf of the Great Kings. </p><p><br /></p><p>An&nbsp; informative English-language article on this topic by Nicolas Assur Corfù that would have profited from a capable copy-editor can be found <a href="https://www.academia.edu/17412646/A_New_Thesis_for_Siglos_and_Dareikos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/17412646/A_New_Thesis_for_Siglos_and_Dareikos" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and the has been discussed on CT <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-king-is-in-a-hurry.338278/#post-3507902" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-king-is-in-a-hurry.338278/#post-3507902">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Concerning prices, I paid ca. $20 for the first coin below, which I bought mainly for the interesting banker&#039;s marks, $45 for the second one, and $60 for the last one, which is the prettiest though it is a fourrée. That might give you an idea of the price range that these come in. Good luck with your search for a nice example!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1148207[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Xerxes I – Artaxerxes II, &quot;Achaemenid Empire&quot; (probably Lydian regional issue), siglos, ca. 485–375 BC. Obv: Great King kneeling left, holding transverse spear and bow, numerous banker&#039;s marks. Rev: irregular punch. 15mm, 5.43g. Ref: Carradice 1987, type III B.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1148206[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Darius II – Artaxerxes II, &quot;Achaemenid Empire&quot; (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.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1148205[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Artaxerxes II – Darius III, &quot;Achaemenid Empire&quot; (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).</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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