420, Lot: 271. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Darios III. Circa 375-336 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.33 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. 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 / Patterned incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb Late (pl. XV, 50–1); Meadows, Administration –; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 24; Sunrise 39 corr. (references). Near VF, slightly off center.