Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 481. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BABYLON. Alexandrine Empire. Circa 322-312 BC. AV Daric (8.34 gm). King kneeling right, holding transverse spear and bow; FL monogram behind / Striated incuse punch. Cf. Nicolet-Pierre pg. 301, pl. 30, 7 (Double Daric with same monogram); cf. MIG 15f-i (Double Daric). VF. Unique and unpublished. ($2500) 

The Babylonian double darics of this general type were struck in some quantity, and Mitchiner lists 15 different varieties. The darics are extremely rare, however, and Mitchiner cites only a single example, with different control marks.