358, Lot: 175. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes I to Xerxes II. Circa 455-420 BC. AR Siglos (13mm, 5.37 g). Sardes mint. 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. VF, toned, banker’s mark or counterstamp on obverse. Nice metal.