416, Lot: 294. Estimate $150. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp.
Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III. Circa 375-340 BC. AR Siglos (13.5mm, 5.42 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes 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, Group C (pl. XIV, 46); Meadows,
Administration 326; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 19. VF, lightly toned, banker’s mark on reverse. Good metal.