Triton XX, Lot: 374. Estimate $2000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp.
Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.36 g). 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, Group C (pl. XIV, 42); cf. Meadows,
Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise 28. EF, light scratch in field on obverse. Fine style.