Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 480. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006. Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. Time of Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AR 1/4 Siglos (1.32 g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger and bow / Incuse punch. Cf. Carradice Type IV B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia p. 167, 143. VF, lightly toned. Well struck on good metal. Rare.