269, Lot: 132. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Alyattes – Kroisos. Circa 610-546 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12th Stater (7mm, 1.15 g). Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun on forehead / Incuse square punch. Weidauer group XVI, 90; Traité 47; SNG Kayhan 1015. Fine, stellate banker’s mark on obverse.

The banker’s mark on this piece is reminiscent of the stellate incuses of Miletos (see SNG Kayhan 444-9).