Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 755. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $4100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. Time of Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (8.31 g). Persian king or hero in kneeling-running right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left, quiver over shoulder / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb A/B (pl. XIII, 27); BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Superb EF, lustrous.