424, Lot: 256. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes I to Xerxes II. Circa 455-420 BC. AR Siglos (13.5mm, 5.50 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. 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 A (pl. XIII, 33); cf. Meadows, Administration 326 (Type IV, Group C); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 7. VF, lightly toned, typical compact flan, patch of find patina on reverse. Well centered.