Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 316. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes to Kroisos. Circa 610-546 BC. EL Trite – 1/3 Stater (4.73 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse square punches. Weidauer group XVI, 86-89; Traité I 44; Boston MFA 1764; BMC p. 2, 6; SNG Kayhan 1013. VF, bankers’ marks on edge.