Persia – Artaxerxes III Ochus (r. 359-338 BC) Silver Tetradrachm, Caria – NGC VF 4/5 – 3/5
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Description Persian (Achaemenid) Empire. Time of the Greek Classical Period. Artaxerxes III Ochus (r. 359-338) AR (Silver) tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in Caria; struck ca. 350-341 BC. Graded VF 4/5 - 3/5 by NGC; one of the largest types of Persian royal coinage with an impressive portrait of the Great King Artaxerxes III, who conquered back Egypt for the empire. Design: The Great King of Persia (Artaxerxes III), wearing cidaris and candys, advancing right and drawing bow / Persian warrior, wearing cyrbasia, galloping right, thrusting spear Reference: SNG Copenhagen 290-291. Chaper IX, Pixodaros, 30-31. Dimensions: 23 mm / 15.07 gm Condition: NGC VF 4/5 - 3/5, brushed. A rare late Achaemenid issue with a stellar full-body rendering of the Great King.
