318, Lot: 313. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 485 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.35 g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIa (pl. XI, 14); BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 19. VF, toned, light roughness.

From the RAJ Collection, purchased from Fred Shore at the Chicago International Coin Fair in 1993.