CNG 106, Lot: 520. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. temp. Stamenes – Seleukos. Satraps of Babylon, circa 328-311 BC. AV Double Daric (19mm, 16.55 g). Babylon mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; M to lower right / Patterned incuse punch. Nicolet-Pierre 1–4 var. (another control mark to left of figure); SNG Berry 1454–5 var. (same); Traité II 755 var. (same). Near VF, area of weak strike. Very rare, unpublished without secondary control mark.

Ex Baldwin’s 37 (4 May 2003), lot 825.