CNG 112, Lot: 364. Estimate $2500. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios III. Circa 333-331 BC. AV Double Daric (19.5mm, 16.71 g). Mint in Babylonia. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Patterned incuse punch. Carradice Type IV Late (pl. XV, 54); Meadows, Administration –; BMC Arabia pl. XX, 1; Sunrise 38; CNG 106, lot 516. Some flatness to strike. Near VF. Extremely rare issue without control marks, only the BM, Sunrise, and CNG 106 pieces published.