Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 565. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. Time of Darios I-Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (8.29 gm). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26; SNG Copenhagen 274. Superb EF. ($3000)

See lot 564 for more information on the Achaemenid coinage.