Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 982. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $510. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. Time of Darios I. Circa 520-505 BC. AR Siglos (5.21 g). Half-length bust of Persian king or hero right, holding bow and arrows / Incuse punch. Carradice Type I (pl. XI, 10); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 25. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Rare.

This coin represents the first Persian type (as opposed to Kroesid types borrowed from Lydia) used by the Achaemenid kings. Introduced under Darios I, Type I sigloi were only produced for about two decades.