345, Lot: 342. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes I to Xerxes II. Circa 455-420 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.42 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV A (pl. XIII, 33); cf. Meadows, Administration 326; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 7. Good VF, toned, granular surfaces.

From the Patrick H. James Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 18 (11 December 2000), lot 61046.