CNG 85, Lot: 6. Estimate $600. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of SOPHENE. Xerxes. Circa 220 BC. Æ (19mm, 5.08 g, 11h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing folded tiara; monogram to left / Nike standing left, holding wreath; monogram to inner left. Bedoukian, Coinage 9; AC 10 (this coin cited and illustrated). Good Fine, black-brown patina. Very rare.

From the R.A. Collection. Ex Araratian Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 36, 5 December 1995), lot 535.