Triton XVIII, Lot: 763. Estimate $750. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I. Circa 520-505 BC. AR Siglos (11mm, 5.31 g). Half-length bust of Persian king or hero right, wearing kidaris and kandys, holding bow in left hand, arrows in right / Incuse punch. Carradice Type I (pl. XI, 10); Meadows, Administration 318; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 25; Sunrise 17. VF, toned. Excellent metal. Very rare.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Martin Huth Collection.