CNG 88, Lot: 370. Estimate $750. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 560-546 BC. AR Third Stater (14mm, 3.24 g). Sardes mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. Berk 24; Traité I 412; SNG Kayhan -. VF, find patina, earthen encrustation on reverse. Great metal.