425, Lot: 226. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I. Circa 520-505 BC. AR Siglos (12mm, 5.14 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Half-length bust of Persian king or hero right, wearing kidaris and kandys, holding bow in left hand, arrows in right / Incuse punch. Carradice Type I (pl. XI, 10); Meadows, Administration 318; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 25; Sunrise 17. VF, lightly typical granular surfaces. Well centered and struck.

From the DSV Collection, purchased from Pars Coins.