312, Lot: 125. Estimate $500. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 610-546 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12mm, 4.75 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. Weidauer group XVI, 86-9; Traité I 44; SNG Kayhan 1013; Rosen 655-6; Elektron I 70. VF, scuff on cheek.