418, Lot: 366. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Darios III. 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7.5mm, 0.51 g, 4h). Uncertain mint in Ionia or Caria. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; ΔH to left / Forepart of boar right. Unpublished, but cf. Johnston, Earlist, 30 for this obverse type and legend used with the “Ionian map” reverses, and cf. Winzer 13.2 and 13.2a for this reverse type used on a satrapal obol and hemiobol, respectively, with a male head on the obverse. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Apparently unique.