PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I. Circa 520-505 BC. AR Siglos (13mm). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Half-length bust of Persian king or hero right, wearing kidaris and kandys, holding bow in left hand, arrows in right / Incuse punch. Carradice Type I (pl. XI, 10); Meadows, Administration 318; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 25; Sunrise 17. Toned, struck in good metal. In NGC encapsulation 5872734-001, graded Ch F.
From the Robert W. Bartlett Bequest Sold for the Benefit of the American Numismatic Society, purchased from London Coin Galleries, Mission Viejo, CA, February 1982.