406, Lot: 557. Estimate $75. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Ardaxšir (Artaxerxes) II. 1st century BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.10 g, 3h). Type 1. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed bust left, wearing short beard / Ardaxšir (Artaxerxes) standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing before altar to right. K&M –; Tyler-Smith, Parcel –; Alram –; Sunrise 594 corr. (monogram; same obv. die, though later die state). Good VF, hint of deposit, flan crack. Fine style portrait. Extremely rare.

From the Nisa Collection.