Superb Daric

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 460. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $3800. 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 (8.30 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. Well centered and struck.