Triton XVIII, Lot: 234. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp.
Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III. Circa 375-340 BC. AR Siglos (15mm, 5.37 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 C (pl. XIV, 46); Meadows,
Administration 326; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 19; Sunrise 33 (this coin). EF, toned, a hint of porosity, softly struck on obverse. Well centered.
From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 21 (17 March 2009), lot 217.