CNG 100, Lot: 1601. Estimate $7500. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. temp. Stamenes – Seleukos. Satraps of Babylon, circa 328-311 BC. AV Double Daric (17.5mm, 16.64 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; ΦI to left / Patterned incuse punch. Nicolet-Pierre 6; SNG Copenhagen 259; BMC 4 = Weber 8193; Hirsch 1758; Pozzi 3135; Sunrise 158. Good VF, toned. Rare.

From the Friend of a Scholar Collection. Ex Berk BBS 86 (11 July 1995), lot 12.