Nectanebo II was the last native pharaoh to rule Egypt before the second Persian conquest under Artaxerxes III in 343 BC — making his reign the final chapter of three millennia of indigenous rule. That this issue takes the form of a daric, a Persian monetary denomination, speaks directly to the realpolitik of the fourth century Aegean world, where Greek mercenaries expected payment in a currency they trusted. Nectanebo relied heavily on such mercenaries to resist Persia, and these coins likely funded exactly that resistance.
The issue is rare in any condition. Most examples derive from a single hoard find.
Nectanebo II was the last native pharaoh to rule Egypt before the second Persian conquest under Artaxerxes III in 343 BC — making his reign the final chapter of three millennia of indigenous rule. That this issue takes the form of a daric, a Persian monetary denomination, speaks directly to the realpolitik of the fourth century Aegean world, where Greek mercenaries expected payment in a currency they trusted. Nectanebo relied heavily on such mercenaries to resist Persia, and these coins likely funded exactly that resistance.
The issue is rare in any condition. Most examples derive from a single hoard find.