Rare Fourrée

452, Lot: 475. Estimate $75. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III. Circa 375-340 BC. Fourrée Siglos (14mm, 4.53 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. For official issue, cf. Carradice Type IV C (pl. XIV, 46). Toned, plating broken in spots. VF. Rare as a fourrée.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection.