Triton XVIII, Lot: 220. Estimate $3000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I. Circa 520-505 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.26 g). Half-length bust of Persian king or hero right, wearing kidaris and kandys, holding bow in left hand, arrows in right / Incuse punch. Carradice Type I (pl. XI, 10); Meadows, Administration 318; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 25; Sunrise 17 (this coin). Good VF, toned, granular surfaces. Very rare.

From the Sunrise Collection.