Extremely Rare Carradice Type II 1/12th Daric

CNG 94, Lot: 771. Estimate $2000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AV Twelfth Daric (6mm, 0.69 g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, shooting bow / Rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type II; cf. Meadows, Administration 319 (daric); BMC Arabia p. 173, 184; Sunrise 20. VF. Extremely rare.