332, Lot: 72. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Cyrus – Darios I. Circa 550/39-520 BC. AR Half Stater – Silgos (15mm, 5.29 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Double incuse punch. Berk 22; SNG Kayhan 1024-6; Traité I 409. VF, toned, porosity, flan flaw on obverse.
The siglos denomination was only used by the Persians, hence the present attribution to the time of Cyrus to Darios I.