Carradice Type I Siglos

440, Lot: 218. Estimate $500. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I. Circa 520-505 BC. AR Siglos (13mm, 5.21 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Half-length bust of Persian king or hero right, wearing kidaris and kandys, holding bow in left hand, arrows in right / Incuse punch. Carradice Type I (pl. XI, 10); Meadows, Administration 318; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 25; Sunrise 17. VF, lightly toned, some granularity.