Triton XIV, Lot: 322. Estimate $2000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Kroisos. Circa 560-546 BC. AV Trite – 1/3 Stater (11mm, 2.69 g). Light series. Sardes mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion, right, and bull, left / Two square punches of unequal size. Walburg Group II, 3 = BMC 36 (same obv. die and rev. punches); Berk 6; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Kayhan -; Rosen -; Traité I 404 = de Luynes 2779; Boston MFA 2074. Superb EF, very minor scuff on neck of bull.

From the N.T. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 57 (4 April 2001), lot 507.