Triton XVIII, Lot: 229. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp.
Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.31 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 C (pl. XIV, 42); Meadows,
Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise 28 (this coin). EF. Well centered and struck. Rare.
From the Sunrise Collection.