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CNG 90, Lot: 810. Estimate $200.
Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Dārēv (Darios) II. 1st century BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.17 g, 7h). Bearded bust left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with crescent and three rows of pellets; uncertain symbol behind / Dārēv (Darios) standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing before altar to left. Cf. K&M 4/5b (hemidrachm); Tyler-Smith, Parcel type 1b and cf. 14 (hemidrachm with a similar symbol); Alram -; Sunrise -. Good VF, toned, a few minor scratches on reverse. Apparently a unique symbol for this denomination.