Triton XVII, Lot: 329. Estimate $1250. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 560-546 BC. AR Stater – Double Siglos (19mm, 10.42 g). Sardes mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two square punches of unequal size. Berk 20; Traité I 407; SNG Kayhan 1018; SNG von Aulock 2874; SNG Copenhagen 455. VF, toned, typical light porosity.

Ex Elsen FPL 250 (October-December 1990), no. 86.