224, Lot: 221. Estimate $200. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes to Kroisos. Circa 610-546 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (7mm, 1.15 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right; sun on forehead / Incuse square punch. Weidauer group XVI, 90; Traité I 47; SNG Kayhan 1015; Boston MFA 1770; BMC p. 3, 17. Near VF.