456, Lot: 209. Estimate $200. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp.
Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III. Circa 375-340 BC. AR Quarter Siglos (9mm, 1.30 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, Group C; Meadows,
Administration –; BMC Arabia –; Klein 764; Sunrise 37. Toned, traces of lacquer. Good VF. Rare denomination for type.