CNG 84, Lot: 644. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Time of Cyrus to Darios I. Circa 545-520 BC. AV Stater (16mm, 8.08 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. Traité I -; SNG Kayhan 1023; SNG von Aulock 8211; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 362. EF, lustrous, minor flaw on lion.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.