369, Lot: 243. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AR Siglos (13mm, 5.38 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10. VF, toned.

From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.