CNG 100, Lot: 1596. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.33 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 C (pl. XIV, 42); cf. Meadows, Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12. VF, lightly toned, trace encrustation.

From the Friend of a Scholar Collection, purchased from Jean Vinchon, March 1985.