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Tyrants of the Tigris & euphrates
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Lydian Kings
Silver 1/24th Stater. (0.40 g), ca. 564/3-550/39 BC
Kroisos, King of Lydia, ca. 564/3-550/39 BC
Berk -; Traité I - SNG Kayhan 1022; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Ash-
molean 776. Choice Very Fine.
Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull. Reverse: Incuse punch.
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Achaemenid Kings of Persia
Silver Siglos. (5.35 g), ca. 520-505 BC
Darios I, Achaemenid King, 522-486 BC
Carradice Type I (pl. XI, 10); Meadows, Administration 318; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 25;
Sunrise 17. Very Fine.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Half-length bust of Persian king or hero right, wearing kidaris and
kandys, holding bow in left hand, arrows in right. Reverse: Rectangular incuse punch.
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Lydian Kings
Silver Twelfth Stater. (0.83 g), ca. 564/3-550/39 BC
Kroisos, King of Lydia, ca. 564/3-550/39 BC
Berk 26-7; Traité I 413; SNG Kayhan 1020; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -. Very
Fine.
Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull. Reverse: Incuse punch.