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167, Lot: 56. Estimate $500.
Sold for $1225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes II to Kroisos. Late 7th-mid 6th century BC. EL Trite – 1/3 Stater (12mm, 4.71 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with multiple rays on forehead; c/m: rough triangular incuse on cheek / Double incuse square punch. Weidauer 86-89; Traité I 44; Boston MFA 1764; BMC p. 2, 6; SNG Kayhan 1013. Good VF, three bankers’ marks on edge, one of which is a head left, perhaps Athena.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group 42 (29-30 May 1997), lot 483.