Daric

72-8-1

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 72-8-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Persian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Persia
Creator Artaxerxes II
Date Made 499-400 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold
Iconography Running Archer
Description

Gold daric. Group E, "Artaxerxes II". Obv: Running archer. Rev: Incuse punch. Has suspension ring with two granules at base, which does not obscure the type.

B.M.C. Persia, Pl. xxv, 12 and 13.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. George S. Mikhalapov, 1972

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