Achaemenid Empire - AR Siglos - Time of Darios I-Xerxes II c.485-420 BC

Achaemenid Empire. 
AR Siglos. (5.36g/ 16mm).
Time of Darios I-Xerxes II (Circa 485-420 BC). Type IIIb early.
Obverse: 
Persian king, bearded, crowned, and clad in the Persian "candys", kneeling right on one knee, at his back a quiver, in his right a spear, and in his outstretched left a strung bow.
Drapery with naturalistic fold over the advanced left knee, no pellets, sometimes appears beardless, often cartoon-like or crude, sometimes an elongated face, sometimes quiver not visible, significant variation in style.
Reverse: 
Incuse punch.  
ReferencesSNG Copenhagen# 1030, Barclay VH# Plate I - 25, BMC Greek# 15-69
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (/əˈkiːmənɪd/; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' or 'The Kingdom'), was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran, it was the largest empire by that point in history, spanning a total of 5.5 million square kilometres (2.1 million square miles). The empire spanned from the Balkans and Egypt in the west, most of West Asia, the majority of Central Asia to the northeast, and the Indus Valley to the southeast.
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