452, Lot: 449. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes I. Circa 505-480 BC. AR Sixth Siglos (8mm, 0.85 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; Meadows, Administration –; BMC Arabia –; Brindley –; Klein –; Sunrise –; CNG E-440, lot 220; CNG E-384, lot 355; CNG E 369, lot 242; CNG 73, lot 474. Toned, granular surfaces. VF. Rare.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection.