452, Lot: 446. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp.
Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.38 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing
kidaris and
kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II (pl. XI, 12); Meadows,
Administration 320; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 23; Sunrise 21. Old cabinet tone. VF. Excellent metal for issue.
From the Baldwin Maull Collection, purchased 1950s-early 1960s.