378, Lot: 237. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AR Twelfth Siglos (6mm, 0.43 g). 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 757; Sunrise –; SNG Kayhan 1028. VF, some porosity. Very rare as a twelfth stater.