CNG 93, Lot: 406. Estimate $1500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 610-546 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.69 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse square punches. Weidauer Group XVI, 89; Traité I 44; SNG Kayhan 1013; SNG von Aulock 2868–9. Good VF, toned, a few light marks.