CNG 112, Lot: 360. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp.
Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III. Circa 400-341 BC. AR Tetradrachm (20.5mm, 13.10 g, 8h). Chian standard. Uncertain mint in Caria. Persian king, wearing
kidaris and
kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Warrior, wearing kyrbasia, thrusting spear he holds aloft in right hand, on horse galloping right; O to left; below, dolphin right. Konuk,
Influences, Group 9, 1 and pl. XXX, 23; cf. Meadows,
Administration 327; Traité II 123; SNG Kayhan 1004; Dewing 2715; Triton X, lot 335 (same dies). Toned, off center, area of weak strike. VF.