199, Lot: 237. Estimate $200. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Time of Cyrus to Darios I. Circa 545-520 BC. AR 1/24 Stater (7mm, 0.27 g). Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Rough incuse punch. SNG Kayhan 1022; cf. Traité I 413 (1/12 Stater). Good VF, minor porosity. Exceptional for issue. Very rare denomination.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.