252, Lot: 185. Estimate $150. Sold for $765. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. Time of Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 485 BC. AR Siglos (16mm, 5.47 g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow; two pellets behind beard / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIa (pl. XI, 14); BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 19. Good VF, toned, surfaces a bit grainy.