Triton XVIII, Lot: 232. Estimate $1000. Sold for $650. 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 Quarter Siglos (8mm, 1.33 g). Persian king or hero, wearing
kidaris and
kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; Meadows,
Administration –; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 27; Sunrise 30 corr. (not Klein 764; this coin). Near EF, toned, small area of flat strike on obverse. Very rare.
From the Sunrise Collection.