CNG 100, Lot: 102. Estimate $7500. Sold for $21000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AV Stater (16mm, 10.66 g). Heavy series. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse squares. Berk 2; Le Rider, Naissance, pl. V, 2; Traité I 396; SNG Kayhan –; BMC 30; Boston MFA 2068–9; Gulbenkian 756. VF, underlying luster. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XVI (16 August 1991), lot 171.