Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 958. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Time of Kroisos to Kambyses. Circa 560-525 BC. AV Stater (10.69 g). Sardes mint. Heavy series. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. Traité I 396; SNG Copenhagen 454; BMC p. 5, 30; SNG von Aulock -; Boston MFA 2068. VF. Very rare. ($5000)