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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2137208, member: 57495&quot;]I didn&#039;t know much about these chubby silver nuggets from the Achaemenid Empire, apart from knowing that I wanted one of them.&nbsp; There&#039;s just something I find appealing about the royal archer/irregular incuse punch design, even though I still can&#039;t decide if it&#039;s cool or just cartoonish.&nbsp; I did know that they were wonderfully ancient (late 6th century to mid 4th century BC), pleasingly chunky for their small size, and fairly inexpensive if you weren&#039;t aiming too high gradewise. </p><p><br /></p><p>My very general criteria eventually led me to this piece that was, for me, within my modest budget and in a decent grade.&nbsp; I particularly liked that it had a fairly mean-looking archer-king and an incuse punch somewhat resembling a downward pointing arrowhead.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]407848[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire</b></p><p>temp. Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III</p><p>circa 375 - 340 BC</p><p>AR Siglos</p><p>5.5g, 15.3mm max</p><p>Carradice Type IV, Group C; Sunrise 33 ff</p><p>O: Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left.&nbsp; </p><p>R: Irregular incuse punch. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some brief reading about these Achaemenid sigloi informs me that they fall into four broad chronological categories (Carradice Type I-IV), featuring the royal archer in different poses or with secondary weapons.&nbsp; It also informs me that now I have three more of these sigloi on my want list <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie65" alt=":meh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Reading can be dangerous.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post your coins of the Achaemenid Empire!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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