143, Lot: 74. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Time of Cyrus II to Darios I. Circa 545-520 BC. AV Stater (16mm, 8.02 g). Light Series. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two square incuse punches of unequal size. Traité pl. X, 2; BMC p. 6, 31; SNG von Aulock 2875; Boston MFA 2073. EF, lustrous.