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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 24580578, member: 128351&quot;]Persian Empire, yes, but not minted in Persia (now Iran). These silver coins are called &quot;siglos&quot; by numismatists and were minted at Sardis, in Lydia, a western satrapy (province) of this large empire. Sardis used to be the capital of kings Midas and Cresus. Under Persian rule Sardis was the main producer of gold and silver coinage for the Persian Empire. Today it is just Sart, a small town in Western Turkey.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin :</p><p>Obverse: Persian king kneeling-running r., holding dagger and bow, quiver over shoulder</p><p>Reverse: Incuse punch.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins were minted during the 5th and 4th centuries BC. The date fork can be narrowed from the style. Your coin most probably dates back from Darius II (424-404 BC) to Artaxerxes III (358-338 BC). </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is mine:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1560205[/ATTACH] </p><p>(Xerxes II to Artaxerxes I (c. 5th Century BC) c. 486-450 BC.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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