Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 979. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $2640. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. Time of Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (8.43 g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding bow and spear / Rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb A/B (pl. XIII, 27); BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Superb EF, lustrous.