223, Lot: 199. Estimate $1000. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 560-546 BC. AR Stater – Double Siglos (19mm, 10.41 g). Sardes mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse square punches. Berk 20; SNG Kayhan 1018; Traité I 407; SNG Copenhagen 455. VF, toned, typical granular surfaces.

Ex D. Alighieri Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 81, 20 May 2009), lot 541.