CNG 100, Lot: 1494. Estimate $1500. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 564/53-550/39 BC. AV Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (6.5mm, 0.67 g). Light standard. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Incuse square. Berk 10–3; Spier Group VI, 2–4 (same die and punch); Traité –; SNG München 9 (same die and punch); Gulbenkian 759; Sunrise 9. EF, lustrous.