KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.70 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. VF.

CNG Feature Auction 129
Lot: 269. Estimated: $ 1 000

Greek, Electrum

Sold For $ 2 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 620/10-550/39 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.70 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, “sun” with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVI, 86–7; Kurth G24–5; cf. SNG Ashmolean 749–53. Bankers’ marks on obverse and edge. VF.

From the G. Savonarola Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXII.2 (Spring/Summer 1997), no. SP2011-954909.


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