369, Lot: 242. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AR Sixth Siglos (8.5mm, 0.82 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. 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. Near VF, porous, off center. Very rare denomination.