Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 960. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Time of Kroisos to Kambyses. Circa 560-525 BC. AR Trite – 1/3 Stater (3.44 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. Traité I 412; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; Boston MFA 2071. Good VF, excellent metal for issue. ($500)