CNG 112, Lot: 363. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Darios III. Circa 375-336 BC. AR Fraction (9.5mm, 1.61 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Patterned incuse punch. Unpublished in the standard references. Lightly toned, some porosity. VF. Extremely rare.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection.