Watch List notes:

PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. temp. Stamenes – Seleukos. Satraps of Babylon, circa 328/3-311 BC. AV Daric (13mm, 8.34 g). Imitating Achaemenid type. Babylon 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; to left, Φ above Λ / Patterned incuse punch. Cf. Nicolet-Pierre 7 (double darics only noted); Triton IX, lot 1067; Triton VI, lot 481; otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Compact flan, a couple tiny deposits, a little off center on obverse. VF. Extremely rare as a daric.


From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Numismatics Fine Arts XXV (29 November 1990), lot 195.