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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;arnoldoe, post: 2502619, member: 72712&quot;]I got this one in the same shipment as my avatar Constans II, but this one is over 1100 years older ( and my oldest coin so far)</p><p><br /></p><p>Some historians say that 50 million people, which was 44 % of the worlds population lived under the Persian Empire during this time ( The highest percentage of any empire ever)</p><p><br /></p><p>Achaemenid Empire. Time of Darios I to Xerxes I, circa 505-480 BC. Siglos </p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse Persian king or hero wearing radiate tiara and Median robe with quiver over shoulder, Drawing bow in kneeling stance;&nbsp; uncertain countermark to left.</p><p>Reverse . Oblong incuse. </p><p>Carradice Type II, pl. XI, 12. Very fine. </p><p>5.28g - 13mm</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]531082[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]531081[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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