CNG 100, Lot: 1594. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp.
Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (13mm, 5.38 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing
kidaris and
kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb A/B (pl. XII); Meadows,
Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 17. VF, toned.
From the Friend of a Scholar Collection, purchased from Maison Platt, 1980s.