Triton XVIII, Lot: 231. Estimate $500. Sold for $325. 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. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.53 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, 36); Meadows,
Administration 324; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 15; Sunrise 29 (this coin). VF, toned, area of flat strike at high point of obverse. High relief. Rare.
From the Sunrise Collection.