452, Lot: 472. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III. Circa 375-340 BC. AR Siglos (13mm, 5.40 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes 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 C (pl. XIV, 46); Meadows, Administration 326; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 19; Sunrise 33–6. Deeply toned. VF.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection.