358, Lot: 171. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos (14mm, 5.53 g). Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow; ΟΣ banker’s mark on edge behind king / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XII, 17); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 17; Sunrise 25. VF, lightly toned. Interesting banker’s mark or counterstamp at 8 o’clock on the obverse.