99, Lot: 25. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Time of Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC AV 1/12 Stater (6mm, 0.65 gm). Light Series. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of a roaring lion and a bull / Incuse punch. R. Walburg, "Lydisch oder persisch? Ein Goldobjekt aus der Frühzeit der Münzprägung," SNR 70 (1991), VI, 2-4. VF, off center. Rare.