355, Lot: 217. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp.
Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AR Sixth Siglos (8mm, 0.92 g). Persian king or hero, wearing
kidaris and
kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II; Meadows,
Administration –; BMC Arabia –; Brindley –; Klein –; Sunrise –; CNG 73, lot 474; Hauck & Aufhäuser 15 (21 March 2000), lot 251; Hauck & Aufhäuser 14, lot 226. VF, toned, some porosity. Very rare denomination.