452, Lot: 465. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AR Siglos (12.5mm, 5.45 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Gtoup C (pl. XIV, 36); Meadows, Administration –; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 15; Sunrise 29. Deeply toned, narrow flan. VF.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection.