Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 732. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERSIA. Achaemenid Empire. Time of Artaxerxes I - Xerxes II. Circa 455-420 BC. AV Daric (8.35 gm). Persian king or hero in kneeling/running stance right, holding dagger and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group A (pl. XIII, 32). EF. ($3000)

This coin was struck from the same reverse punch as the previous lot, but the lion's head has apparently been erased from the die, leaving only a very faint outline of the design.