Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 543. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Time of Cyrus to Darios I. Circa 545-520 BC. AR Siglos (5.29 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. Berk 22; SNG Kayhan 1024; Traité I 409-10 (Kroisos); SNG Copenhagen 456. Good VF, toned, a couple minor die breaks on obverse.