345, Lot: 341. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2510. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (14.5mm, 8.34 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 A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Good VF, lustrous. Well centered.

From the Patrick H. James Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 720266 (May 2000); Malter 76 (15 April 2000), lot 170.