Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1106. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Artaxerxes (Ardaxsir) I. Early-mid 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.14 g, 1h). Head right, with moustache and earring, wearing diadem and satrapal cap (kyrbasia) / Fire temple of Ahura-Mazda, on left, Artaxerses standing right, Aramaic letter before; standard to right. Alram 520 var. (no Aramaic letter before Artaxerses); Alram 521 (drachm); cf. De Morgan p. 399, 5a (Oborze); MACW -; cf. BMC 2 (drachm). EF, minor die break on reverse. Exceptional for issue. Unpublished with the Aramaic letter before Artaxerses. ($5000)