Triton XVIII, Lot: 227. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.32 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XII, 17); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 17; Sunrise 25 (this coin). Near EF, toned, granular surfaces.

From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 21 (17 March 2009), lot 216.