452, Lot: 467. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AR Siglos (13.5mm, 5.43 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); cf. Meadows, Administration 326 (Type IV, Group C); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10; Sunrise –. Toned, banker’s mark on obverse. VF.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection.