455, Lot: 150. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.72 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, “sun” with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVI, 89; SNG Ashmolean 749–51. Light scratches, tiny flan flaw and deposit on obverse. VF. Well centered.

From the J.B. Collection, purchased Autumn 1998.