Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 319. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 560-546 BC. AR 1/24 Stater (0.38 g). Sardes mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Rough incuse square. Berk -; Traité I -; SNG Kayhan 1022; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Boston MFA -; Klein 562. Near EF, attractively toned. Wonderful metal for issue. Very rare denomination, possibly the finest known.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.