278, Lot: 112. Estimate $500. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 610-546 BC. EL 1/3 Stater – Trite (13mm, 4.71 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, with knob on forehead / Two incuse square punches. Weidauer group XVI, 86-9; Traité I 44; SNG Kayhan 1013; Bostom MFA 1764. Near VF, multiple banker’s marks on edges.