Triton XVIII, Lot: 768. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.36 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. Good VF, small delamination on obverse. Rare.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Martin Huth Collection; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 561 (February 1993), no. 18.