Triton XX, Lot: 371. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (13.5mm, 8.33 g). Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26; Sunrise 24. Near EF, toned, a couple faint cleaning marks.

Ex G. Hirsch 275 (22 September 2011), lot 4058; Peus 338 (27 April 1994), lot 4.