ANCIENT PERSIAN COINS
    The Achaemenid kings of Persia did not use coins in their homeland but they liked the idea when they encountered it in Lydia after they conquered it, and used the mint there to make their own coins for use in the Mediterranean trade.

LYDIA, ACHAEMENID, c. 486-450 BC, silver siglos, SG-4682, king running R with bow & spear / oblong incuse, F+ $88.00 sold
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LYDIA, ACHAEMENID, c. 486-450 BC, silver siglos, king running R with bow & spear / oblong incuse, SG-4682, F $88.00 sold
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LYDIA, ACHAEMENID, c. 486-450 BC, silver siglos, SG-4683, king kneeling R with bow and dagger / oblong punch, dagger not visible, F $58.00 sold
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LYDIA, ACHAEMENID, c. 486-450 BC, silver siglos, SG-4683, king kneeling R with bow and dagger / oblong punch, F+ $58.00 sold 9/3/2007
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LYDIA, ACHAEMENID, c. 486-450 BC, silver siglos, SG-4683, king kneeling R with bow and dagger / oblong punch, aVF $75.00 sold
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LYDIA, ACHAEMENID, c. 486-450 BC, silver siglos, SG-4683, king kneeling R with bow and dagger / oblong punch, VF $125.00 sold
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