CNG 112, Lot: 361. Estimate $500. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III. Circa 375-340 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.43 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV C (pl. XIV, 46); Meadows, Administration 326; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 19; Sunrise 33–6. Toned, minor porosity. Good VF. Exceptional strike for issue.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 99 (13 May 2015), lot 383 (incorrect Carradice type cited; hammer $1600).