180, Lot: 43. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes II to Kroisos. Circa 610-546 BC. EL Trite – 1/3 Stater (4.72 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, V-style mane; sun (later style) with four rays on forehead / Two incuse square punches. Weidauer group XVI, 86-89 var. (number of rays on sun). Near EF, well struck, two small flan cracks.