Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 541. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $875. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 560-546 BC. AR Stater – Double Siglos (10.41 g). Sardes mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. Berk 20; SNG Kayhan 1018; Traité I 407; SNG Copenhagen 455. VF, toned, typical granular surfaces.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.

Struck from the same punches as the previous lot.