Watch List notes:

Persia, Achaemenid Empire AV Daric. Time of Darios I to Xerxes II. Sardes, circa 485-420 BC. Persian Great King or hero, wearing [kidaris] and kandys, in kneeling-running attitude to right, holding spear and strung bow, quiver over shoulder; cross below / Rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27) var. (no cross below, instead exergual line); BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26 var. (same); Sunrise 24 var. (same); GRPC Lydia G61 var. (same). 8.31g.

NGC graded AU 4/5 - 4/5 (#6154662-020). Extremely Rare and unpublished; one of only three known examples with a cross on the obverse.

Acquired from Vilmar Numismatics;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XXIV, 19 January 2021, lot 794.