Triton XVIII, Lot: 233. Estimate $15000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III. Circa 375-340 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.33 g). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group C; Meadows, Administration 325; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 16; Sunrise 32 (this coin). Near EF, a few faint scratches in field on obverse, some earthen encrustation on reverse. Very rare.

From the Sunrise Collection.