Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 448. Closing Date: Jun 08, 2005. Estimate $1500 CARIA, Achaemenid Period. Circa 350-334 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.10 gm, 5h). Struck circa 350-341 BC. Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow / Satrap on horseback right, thrusting spear. Konuk, Influences, Group 2; SNG Copenhagen (Persian Empire) 290-291 var. (head of Herakles); Traité II 128; Pixodarus p. 210, 23 (this coin). VF, attractive dark iridescent toning, flat strike. Rare. ($1500) Ex CNG 36 (5-6 December 1995), lot 2079; Spink America (3 May 95), lot 230; Pixodarus Hoard, 23. As only the earlier, non-symbol, type is represented, Meadows concluded that the date of deposit of the hoard, 341 BC, served as a tentative divider between the two series. Copyright © CNG 2002 High bid of $2100, $2415, or approx €1701, £1155, on June 8, 2005. Used by permission of CNG, www.cngcoins.com