Second Variety of Persis Hemidrachm

165, Lot: 80. Estimate $100. Sold for $64. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Artaxerxes (Ardaxshir) II. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 1.88 g). Bust left, wearing turreted and diademed crown; monogram behind, crescent below monogram / Fire altar with king to right. Alram 575 var (no crescent); BMC Arabia -. VF, toned, muddled strike on reverse.

Another hemidrachm with an unpublished crescent symbol.