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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3044718, member: 51347&quot;]That is a great looking Drachm [USER=94379]@Rayban35[/USER] .&nbsp; VERY nice coin...great detail on the obverse.&nbsp; Well done!</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not have the purdiest examples, but I had fun assembling this little group:</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>ACHAEMENID PERSIA:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760566[/ATTACH]</p><p>Persia Achaemenid Empire Darius I <b>510-486 BCE </b>AR 0.11g 5mm <b>1/32nd Siglos</b> Persian hero-king in running incuse Klein 758 Rare</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760567[/ATTACH]</p><p>Persia Achamenid Type III spear over shoulder Darius I to Xerxes II Ca <b>485-420 BCE</b> AR Siglos Bankers Marks Incuse rev</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760568[/ATTACH]</p><p>Persia Achamenid Type IV dagger quiver running Darius I to Xerxes II 455-420 BCE AR <b>QUARTER-Siglos </b>1.35g 8mm Incuse rev</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760569[/ATTACH]</p><p>Achaemenid Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II <b>420-375 BCE</b> AR siglos 16 mm 5.14 g Persian king running spear bow - incuse Carradice Type IIIb C pl XIV 42) Sunrise 25</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760571[/ATTACH]</p><p>Persia Achamenid Type IV Artaxerxes II to <b>Daris III</b> (The ShahanShah who lost the Empire to Alexander III) <b>375-336 BCE</b> AR siglos 15.2mm 5.45g running stance r daggar bow incuse BMC 172ff rev</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the Satrap that ALMOST killed Alexander III of Makedon (later the Great) at the Battle of Granicus.&nbsp; Instead Cleitus lopped off his arm just as Spithradates was lowering his scimitar onto Alexander:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]760573[/ATTACH]</p><p>Persia Spithridates Achaemenid satrap of Sparda-Lydia and Ionia- 334 BCE AE10 1.20g wearing Persian headdress - Forepart galloping horse r Klein 367, Cop 1538</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760572[/ATTACH] </p><p>Persia Achaemenid Empire 4th C BCE <b>FOURREE</b> 15mm Siglos Persian hero-king in running incuse[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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